I never seem to manage to get good shots of cedar waxwings--they are just too quick and flighty. It is fun to watch them. The waxwing sure looks slim next to the berry-bulked robin!

Yes we also had lots of Robins. There was a male and female cardinal in the atrium checking each dead plant out for possible nest locations. I have little finches building a new nest in the birdhouse in the atrium. They have been very busy. The squirrels have been going nuts frolicking in the pretty weather. And things are budding out.

Thank you Fun2BHere! I always forget what a large bird they are until I see them when they show up in the spring and I can compare them to the chickadees that are here year around.

gyr_falcon, you are right about the waxwings being quick and flighty. I have way more photos that didn't turn out than that did. Like this one - the little sucker took off just as I snapped the photo. It would have been a fantastic pic if it was in focus, darn it!

Raven, I would love to see your cardinals. We don't have them out here and the only time I've ever seen one was just a few weeks ago while visiting my sister in Florida. But, it was getting dark so I didn't get to see their full brilliant color. Most of our snow has melted and I noticed just this morning that the daffs are starting to peek out through the soil.

Such an exciting time of year!

Hey, that one looks pretty cool! lol I know what you mean about the focus. I'll share my most "aw-dang!!!" photo--a black phoebe catching a butterfly. Perfect timing! The focus...not so much... :(

Lovely photos!

We have robins year round, so they're not really a sign of spring for me, but I love cedar waxwings, and never knew their tail looks as though it's dipped in paint. Cool. My favorite to see are winter migrators that I don't get to see except for a month or two out of the year (titmouse, for example). I love all birds. Except that mourning dove that decided to make its nest right outside my bedroom window, very noisy on Saturday mornings when trying to sleep in.

Some robins passed through in late December, they were here for less than one hour. These are here year round.

Thank you all for the lovely shots...I need all the signs of spring I can get!

Ahh, but Rob the doves' cooing instantly take me back to long summer evenings when everything is settling down. I heard one a couple of days ago and enjoyed the trip back in time. We see robins ever so often all winter long -- redwing blackbirds are my sure sign of spring here. I usually hear them before I see them and love their "cheeeeeee". Then I start looking for the highest spot in a field, a corn stalk or tall weed. There the bird sits, checking things out.

Love all the pics of birds. The trees are budding out, red buds are blooming and azaleas. I saw a big flock of robins yesterday. They winter here....usually see them back in the woods. I guess they are getting ready to leave. It is also baby animal season. I don't have any baby possums yet, but I have three baby squirrels.

How lovely!! But LOL at the question if there are any signs of spring in my area. We just had a blizzard with 60cm of snow. We don't get spring until April, usually May, actually.

I saw a small flock of robins two or three weeks ago. I think they are lost as we still have three feet of snow and are less than 0 in temperature. I felt so bad for them and hope they moved on. I don't think it was a sign of spring :(.

We are going to 8 above this weekend though. Robins are always my first true sign of spring...and motorcycles on the road.

He is one Robin Redbreast! Beautiful.

Nice pics! We have robins here as well as cardinals. Never saw a cedar waxwing though. Daffodils are up, earlier than usual. Spring is my favorite time of year. It's like a new beginning.

I saw these signs of spring last week Saturday

Some wild grasses are coming up. My cat likes to eat them. :0) I tried buying him oat grass at the grocery store and he prefers these.

Here it is an early spring for sure! The honeysuckle and quince have leafed out, the maples are showing red, my yellow dogwood is in full bloom, the bulbs are up. The birds are singing their spring songs also. We have some robins that stay all winter (I believe that they are migrants from further north) and more here in summer. Our doves are here all winter also; we have a mated pair, as well as a pair of cardinals, that frequent my back yard

I've only seen a waxwing once, at a park near Cincinnati. Never anywhere here. I've never seen an oriole either, although they are supposed to be in the area.

Glad all of you enjoyed the photos. I enjoyed your stories and pics too. Fun to hear about spring in different parts of the country. For those still experiencing winter weather, hang in there - Spring is almost here!

gyr_falcon, I can relate to your "aw - dang!" moments!

Wow, those pictures are magazine worthy!

It's definitely Spring here. Daffodils are in full bloom, forsythia is out, red buds are blazing. I haven't really watched the birds, but there is a lot of twittering going on.

It's a little sad, really. The flowers are several weeks early. I hope it isn't an exceptionally long Summer.

No sign of spring here. Maybe by the ned of March.

Thank you, aok! That's very nice of you.

Fran, I hope you don't have to wait that long to see a sign of spring!

We too,are still deep in the throws of winter-today we had a "spring" day with a high of 12c-about 42F.

Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer with the sun out as well.

Nice to see for sure,but its' still only mid February and spring wont be here until at the very least April and well into May-its' going to take at least a month of really sunny days to melt this over 4' of snow.

I saw another flock of robins today. There must have been 50 or so. We are also having a thaw at 10 above. The robins were pretty thin though, not nearly as full as the one DawninCal posted in the picture. Plus, one of them was part robin and part something else or part albino. I thought it had snow on it's head but half of it's body was white with black spots and the rest was grey/brown with a red chest. Very different.