Good-bye Sweet Red-Winged Black birds
Always the first sign of Spring in my yard.
Now that your Summer home is greening up (the Upper End and the Back Forty of our farm) I will have to drive to see and hear you sing.
And I will because you are such special birds to me.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I also love red winged black birds. They always remind me of my childhood with my dad when he would always point them out to me.
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🙂 What a wonderful memory!
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Such pretty birds & you’ve captured them well! The other areas on your farm must be damper…?
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We have a couple of areas they love
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Oona: “What?! No! Come back, birds, come back!”
Charlee: “I’m sure there will be more birds where those came from.”
Oona: “OONA LIKES THESE ONES!!! They are nice glossy black just like her. BRING BACK THE BLACKBIRDS!!!”
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We can still visit them, Oona, we just have to go to the back part of the farm! There they hatch babies and sing loudly!
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They or their cousins will be singing an a week or two at the wetlands near my house, and I’ll stop to listen to them – my favorite bird sing.
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I agree! They are a favorite! 🙂
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I can understand why you want to go and see them after they move to the back forty. At least you don’t have to travel too far.
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Nope just a mile and I’m there! 🙂
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I’ll have to watch ours. I didn’t know they moved on so quickly. I’ve always thought they stayed all summer. Hmmm… I did here some purple martins yesterday. It’s hard to tell if they are just scouts or “ours”.
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Oh! How lovely! We don’t get Purple Martins here.
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You would love them. They chatter all day long and it’s the best sound :-).
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🙂 I looked up their song…it’s beautiful
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I’m pleased that they are still on the farm.. 😊
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Yes…I can ride up there and see and hear them 🙂
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