I was walking my dog this morning, and the sun felt warm and there was a cacophony of birdsong, and thru it came something that I suddenly realized was...a robin singing! I had seen one huddled on a branch in February, and I know some overwinter, but the singing...that says spring. As I was looking up, thinking about the twittering of house finches and the whistling of cardinals and the cooing of a mourning dove and the squeaking of starlings, I heard and saw a tiny group that I thought might be waxwings, which my go-to book, A Birdfinding Guide to the Toronto Region, says may be slightly present at this time of year. They seemed smaller than cardinals, with a very high short call. Is anyone else seeing them around North York? I plan to keep my ears out-of-doors and open as much as possible today.
