Singing Birds in December

As a young child, I vividly remember driving down Big Horn Avenue (in Sheridan, WY) with Melanie (my sister) and asking about birds singing when it was cloudy, and how you really don't hear them. She reminded me that birds usually tend to sing only when it is sunny outside (any scientific errors in this post are due to my lack of memory and/or science skills, not a reflection on my sister). I even remember her mentioning how solar eclipses can be kind of creepy because in the middle of a "sunny" day, the birds will just STOP SINGING.

Well, as I was fixing breakfast this morning, I noticed there were birds singing. Not having been within hearing ability of singing birds for a few months (with the sun rising so late, I am usually inside my school before the sun is really up enough to have birds begin communicating with one another before I am isolated inside) plus having many of the birds gone for the winter, it was quite a pleasant surprise.

I thought that would be the end, but as I have been catching-up on others' blogs, I have smiled quite a few times as I have heard that birds outside my door.

For those of you who may also have been "chirping birds" deprived, I found a little video that you can "listen" to. Hopefully it will bring a forgotten smile to your face as well.