Happy almost spring! While we are still in the midst of winter, February is the month that brings me hope that we are that much closer to spring weather. Large flocks of red-winged blackbirds and grackles are at the feeders that will soon be followed by calls of killdeer and woodcocks. We’ll undoubtedly get more snow, but even the house finches and cardinals are singing their springtime songs.

Happy Spring wishes from all of us at Ohio Nature Education. We hope you are taking time out to enjoy the woodcocks peenting and the chorus frogs and spring peepers calling. Waterfowl migration is underway, and our feeders are filled with the calls of returning Red-winged blackbirds and grackles. Speaking of grackles please enjoy one of my favorite poems written by our longtime volunteer and founding member, Phyllis Gubanc…