“This bud’s for you.” A Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) seemed happy that buds are finally starting to appear on the trees on Monday at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, “In winter, the Carolina Chickadee’s diet is about half plant, half animal. The rest of the year about 80–90 percent of their diet is animal (mostly insects and spiders).”
Progress is uneven, but it looks like spring inexorably is on the way.
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Mike Powell 
It’s great to see buds! It will be sometime before we see them here in Winnipeg. And I love chickadees. Lucky you!😊