Even in NYC others want a connection with nature. I was visiting my friend there and I noted facing one window were all kinds of houseplants. Yes, you are surrounded by concrete pavements and buildings but others still desire that connection. Sure there are parks in the City. And they are well attended. I remember going to one nearby my friend. And huddled in one bush was a robin. I never had seen one in February before. It is so easy to feel divorced from the world God has created living in such a big city. It is just a little bit harder there but the popularity of houseplants indicate but (???) every person wants that connection. A world really never too far away. There is the wind, the sun, rain and even snow and even the ubiquitous pigeon that remind you there (???) nature is not too far away. It just seems that way sometimes.
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It must almost be spring. Today I saw a robin near our feeders. I ran out into the yard to make sure I was not mistaken and saw a pair of them hip hopping in the snow across the street. A little later both of them lit on our front white pine tree: I guess they could not find any food in the snow. I was thrilled. And brought them to my (???) attention of my wife. It was my first sighting of a robin this year. Both of them were pretty fat so they had no shortage of food. It was March 8 less than two weeks from spring.
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I became aware I never saw the bird nest in the lilac bush on the border of our driveway. I looked at the nest and realized it came from a smaller bird than a robin.
Fifteen feet away a scarlet tanager nested in a box for the second year in a row although I only saw it once or twice but I never noticed the other nest.
And wondered what kind of bird was it and why did I miss it only mere steps from our front door? Why was I that preoccupied that I did not spot the nest?
That seems to happen every year: deciduous trees reveal their nests after they are stripped of leaves. I always wonder why I did not spot the nests even when they are nearby.
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I saw my first robin of the year. I was thrilled. I was not looking for it. It appeared under my large pine tree which I can view out of my living room window. Now I know spring is on its way. And now I will see if (???) how many I can spot today going into town.
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