Well, it's spring break for many of us in education this week. And, while I'm actually working much harder physically than I usually do, I get to see what's happening in my own territory as I clean up the yard, deck, garage, etc.

The Eastern Phoebes have just about completed their nest under the deck in the same place they have built the past two years. Yesterday there were three (!) Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers sporting about the yard. Once two of them seemed to be having a discussion complete with posturing; I suppose it was territorial. Today a pair of Downy Woodpeckers performed what must have been a courtship routine. One (she?) was on the trunk of the while the other (he?) sat on a little short limb close to the trunk and swayed back and forth and up and down. Very sporty looking.

eugenia thompson Athens GA