When the wind chill dips and another bout of cold weather shows up in the forecast ... This is just one sign of spring bird mating season, though. Keep an eye out around your backyard and try ...

Signs of the coming of spring are appearing everywhere. So far, I’ve seen robins, red-winged blackbirds, killdeers, herring gulls, grackles, great-blue herons, geese, chipmunks, geese and others.

Some of those include our longer daylight hours, a little reprieve from steady cold temperatures ... it March is here with more signs of spring – especially bird related ones!