A bird in the hand
is better (it’s said)
than two in the bush,
but I’d say instead
that a bird in the bush
is the very best thing
when you long for a sign
there may one day be spring.
Yes, he is scarfed
and wearing his hat,
but his bright eye belies
any torpor in that.
He’s ready to nest,
and, oh, how he sings!
so sure is his heart
of seeds and of wings.
Oddments 
February 26, 2021 at 6:55 pm
Yep – he knows: spring is just around the corner!
February 26, 2021 at 8:01 pm
There is that look in his eye!
February 26, 2021 at 8:58 pm
The days are longer each day, the sun is shining more, and the snow is melting just a little each day. Makes us happy doesn’t it? 🙂
February 26, 2021 at 9:07 pm
We are trying very hard to put a smile on all this. There’s a great effort, but the effort is worth something. That bright black eye in my chickadee friend was truly reassuring.
March 1, 2021 at 3:11 pm
I like his hat and scarf and feel cheered by the determination you point out. I was worried about our birds in the recent cold weather. I’d have been much happier if they’d all had hats and scarves.
March 1, 2021 at 4:55 pm
I think the chickadee is a particularly farsighted bird and arrives in my back yard much better prepared than that shivering bluebird. You’re right to worry about the poor things. Feathers on such little bodies seem hardly adequate.