I Semi-Apologize To March

I bashed March in one of my earlier posts because the weather was so hideous and I get so sick of winter and well...sorry March. Today is much better. But that just goes to show the fickleness of March.

The Tree Swallows are back today. I worry about them because they are insect-eaters and I don't know how they survive this early Spring. I worry especially when we get a cold snap, which we inevitably do before Spring takes hold for good. I guess I know how they survive- not always well. I have opened several nest boxes in the late Spring, usually during my Spring Bluebird Hike (which this year is really late, May 5th) and find dead Tree Swallows in the bottom of the box. A sad sight because you know they went in there to get warm and/or dry and died from temperature or lack of food. Nature's sometimes not so pretty. Today though, it's pretty.