Spring Is Here, Birds Are Everywhere

I’ve really been noticing birds lately. Maybe its because they’re singing their little hearts out.

The last several weeks, I’ve been watching woodpeckers in my neighborhood. They flit from palm tree to deciduous tree and back, occasionally pecking at the wood, but most of the time singing.

I didn’t know that woodpeckers had such a pretty song.

These guys are about the size of a bluejay and are all black except for some white and red on their heads. They are precious.

And speaking of precious, the other day I was sitting in my Explorer interviewing Damian Kindler (a writer on Stargate: SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis, and now working on his own creation, Sanctuary) when a little brown bird with a reddish head landed on the railing in front of my car and started singing.

I almost wanted to stop Damian from talking, but figured that would be rather unprofessional.

Anyway, the little guy sang for about a minute before the person in the car parked next to me opened the door and scared him away.

But it was a special moment while it lasted.

I don’t know what it is about Spring, but I always feel a sense of joy spread through me at this time of the year. I think it is the birds singing. They sound so happy that the joy spills over onto me and fills me up.