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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

sjc wrote:
> All in one day:  the phoebe showed up and started inspecting the 
> outhouse and the root cellar for possibilities...the partridge began 
> drumming, and now the woodcocks are out over the garden doing their 
> zzzzzz circle and drop-peeennt thing!  So Spring is well underway now!
>
> SJ


Ironically, I also have a phoebe building a nest.  While I was planting 
the corn today, I saw that a pair of bluebirds are also building a nest 
in one of my birdhouses.  Yesterday, I saw an oriole, a bird that is 
rather uncommon here, as I have only seen three in 10 years.  My hawks 
are feeding their chicks..

--
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public 
debt  should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered 
and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed 
lest Rome become bankrupt.  People must again learn to work, instead of 
living on public assistance."

--Cicero, 55 BC
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