The same question occurred to me recently, but I concluded that the "new bird" was metaphorical, considering the next line "He sings a love song, as we walk along.." -----Original Message----- From: jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 8:13 PM Subject: [va-richmond-general] New Bird The song “Winter Wonderland” has lyrics that say “gone is the blue bird, here to stay is a new bird…” Is this “new bird” a dark-eyed junco (or northern junco, or snowbird)? Jim Blowers ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.