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Birdfeeding

Today is gray and wet.  It's been drizzling off and on since last night.

I fed the birds.  I've seen another squirrel on the hopper feeder and a Bewick's wren on the porch step, as well as the house finches, dove, rabbits, and squirrel earlier. 

Grass and clover are turning green and starting to grow.  Buds are swelling on maples and the lilac buds are green.  Catkins have opened on the hazelnut bush.  Tulips and daffodils are well up, some hand-high now, and crocus are sprouting.  Daylilies and naked lady lilies have sprouted.  Snowdrops are blooming everywhere.  Winter aconite is blooming in the goddess garden.  There's been a lot of growth in just a few days since the last time I walked around -- the snowdrops and winter aconite weren't even visible then.  :D  When it stops raining I really need to take the leaves off the flowerbeds by the driveway.