Our backyard is still full of White-throated Sparrows and some juncos, but the change is happening. The Red-winged Blackbirds are about, the Chipping Sparrows have appeared, the Carolina Wren has chosen to build a nest under our canoe (again), and the towhees come up into the yard from down by the creek - an annual spring thing. The Barred Owls call and cackle and the male roosts in the holly trees most days. And each morning is noisier. Caroline Coe Chesterfield County