I have an app on my phone that listens to birds and names them for me on our early morning dog walks under cherry trees still dripping with the previous night's rain I hold the phone in the air and marvel how the birdsong registers in spite of the Port alarms and first responder sirens black-capped chickadees, robins northern flickers an hour from now it will be mostly crows and seagulls but this is the delicate hour when song threads between the high branches creating a lacework of whistles coos chirps and trill now there is a nuthatch oh and a song sparrow 970 steps and we've completed our trip around Hastings Sunrise I think I'll leave the window open today let spring have its way.
Merlin has been a pleasant surprise for me, too.
Thanks for putting it into words.
Wonderful to hear your voice again, Jude -- singing with the spring birds!