Walking Iten's Acres: He's Back March 9, 2014

Yesterday, I saw them for the first time this spring. I think I may have been hearing them about the place earlier, but no official sighting until yesterday morning. They seem to be the first feathered friends to return, and it's always long before spring even officially arrives. They are beautiful--and noisy. Love the red-winged blackbird. My FAS needs to come up with something to "honor" their return. I mean the overgrown rat gets a day--"six months more of winter." The forsythia get a adage--"three more snows after the forsythia bloom." (Unless they bloom again in October.) So, how about something for the red wing? I mean let's be fair. At least for this year--since I saw him yesterday, the 8th--I'll give him this profound truth: "after I see him it will be 23 days until April 1st--no fooling.