Is It Really Spring?

This has been a long cold winter and spring so far.
The creek finally opened up. We have geese and a variety of water fowl swimming around now.
I love living right by the creek, especially in the warm months. It gets so lively with all the birds and activity that goes on among the wild ones.
We have red wing blackbirds, yellow headed blackbirds, juncoes, black capped chickadees, robins, barn swallows, tree swallows, blue birds, purple martins, meadow larks, finches, greyjays, bluejays, sparrows, wrens, ravens, sand-hill cranes, lesser yellow legs, godwits, hairy woodpeckers, pileated woodpeckers, yellow bellied sapsuckers, hummingbirds, a variety of hawks, bald eagles, cow birds, canada geese, white pelicans, blue heron, loons, mallards, buffleheads, pintails, northern shovelers, grouse, owls and I'm sure I am missing some others that stop here.
There are also beaver, otters, muskrats, pine martins, squirrels, chipmunks, rainbow trout, minnows, bears, cougars, lynx, coyotes, wolves, moose, mule and white tail deer.
This little piece of heaven is a haven for so many birds and animals.
It's truly wonderful to be able to live among the wild ones.