We had a nice surprise this weekend that really said Spring was here. We have a power pole in the pasture to power the well house. Because it's in the field, it has four posts around it with barbed wire strung to stop the livestock from damaging the pole and cables. One of these poles is an old 2" steel pipe. I'm digging out a couple of beds behind the well house for potatoes and onions and as I walked past the pole the other day, a small bird flew up, nearly hitting me. I thought it may have been just perched there and I had surprised it.
A little while later, one of the twins was hanging around watching dad working and she happened to mention something about eggs. I didn't take a lot of notice at first as it was Easter and the talk has been about nothing but eggs. Mom had heard her and was taking a little more notice and turned to me and said "there really are eggs there". I looked to see what all the fuss was about and sure enough, about six inches down the pipe was a clutch of small eggs. I watched for a while and eventually a wren perched on the pipe and then dropped inside. Even for a wren that has got to be one snug nest.