In the hedgerow out my windows 4/11/2004 1:40 PM
I'm north of Chicago, in a suburb which was a small town before everyone came out here. This morning I first noticed a female cardinal, soon joined by her mate. Then came the two pair of red winged blackbirds. I saw a downy woodpecker briefly, and I can hear him just out of sight. I have no dearth of common wrens and black capped chickadees. There are a bunch of doves, waiting patiently in the trees for their chance at the food on the ground, and, of course, the swamp sparrows. I saw a herring gull on the way home from church.