NATIVE HARDBILLS
I SHALL begin by harking back to the beginning of “spring”. Saturday February 3 was a fine spring day. It was warm, the sun was shining, birds were singing and I witnessed birds courting while I was on a walk through the fields with Coco.
Although February is a month that falls in winter, the day was indistinguishable from a real spring day of old! Such weather certainly brings the birds on. My two cock greenfinches here started to show signs of romance quite a bit earlier than usual.
Normally, I continue to exhibit beyond the month of January, but not this year. So, my last show of
