Harbingers #3

Fox Sparrow
Photo by Lloyd Spitalnik http://www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com

Below, the latest in Jack Meyer's Spring Singers Catalogue, received yesterday, 2/24/07. Note the postscript. It refers to the Estimated Time of Arrival [in days from the present] of one of the earliest spring migrants, the Eastern Phoebe. Today the magic number is 20.:

Marie,

There was a newcomer to the concert this morning, a Fox Sparrow that very nicely perched near us & sang a few times. Despite the temperature, it was possible to believe spring was on the way this morning.

Jack

PS 21 days!