In the pasture, several red maple trees were blooming.
This close-up view shows the male flower.
When I came back to the house, I noticed a sparrow I hadn't seen before at the feeder. He looked similar to the White-Throated Sparrow I have seen all winter but smaller with a bright rust-color chestnut cap.
The suet feeder is 5 inches tall so you can see how small this bird is. It is the same bird that probably made the "Mystery Nest" I had asked about in an earlier post (thanks to Owlman and Mon@rch for the tip). It's a Chipping Sparrow and its call is quite different than the other birds--thought it sounded like some kind of electronic device. There were two of them there in the late afternoon.
