Oh how keeeewwwwwl is that. Wow, Tara, the girl with the magic camera, smiling. You always walk that extra, extra mile to bring things for us to see and listen to, did you know you mostly likely have quite the following? Although not so many responses, in the realm of how long your posts are, but I bet a whole lotta people look and listen, kewl. So the smart robins returned to their smart nesting area. It must be a safe place for them, to return. Now surely do wonder if it is the same pair as last year. Probably not, but hey, ya never know. We have a robin's nest in our elderberry tree that is closest to the driveway. I see them only in the mornings, but listen to them in the evenings. Robins. I used to take alot of time back on the coast to watch and identify the different breeds of birds down there. Think, that before we cleared the back five acres from bushland to parkland, with groves of evergreens, I had been up to 23 breeds. I used to really like the throaty sound of the brown headed cowbird. Did not like how I knew they laid their eggs in other birds nests and let the others raise their young, but that is nature, funny how it goes. I love the magpies up here, now those are incredible birds....and oh yes, see so many northern flickers, they seem different than how the ones back on the coast looked. The red on the underside of the wing does not seem as bright, perhaps a different type of flicker, who knows... After that clearing, sigh....down to about 15 or so that always hung around. Guess many of the small woodland birds found better habitat. That was one of my regrets, but was so necessary to have cleared land, sigh. Anyways, would listen and watch the robins for hours. The beautiful arrays of so many voice calls they make. I used to love the evening calls the most. Those are the loudest and the clearest, and so significant of the time of evening, when they are thinking of bedding down for the night. I love this little walk that you are going to take us again, by your side, as we view the birds through the lens of your little, teeny, tiny camera. Thank you Tara for being you. have an awesome day, CynthiaM.