New arrivals

We've been seeing some new arrivals in the yard the last week or so. First and probably most exciting was a male Bluebird checking out nesting boxes last week. It seems like an early arrival and he may have just been apssing through. Since we don't always see the Bluebird, we're hopeful this is a good sign that one will choose one of our boxes.

This morning we saw our first Tree Swallows of the season. They were checking out their usual nesting box at the side of the house. The air was filled with their chirping, which sounds quite a bit like fax machine noises :)

We also saw our first Chipping Sparrow of the season yesterday.

It's been quite warm this week, so I'm thinking it might be time to get the Hummingbird feeders out soon.