Only two new for the month of March that I can positively identify, a pileated woodpecker and a pair of mallards. There are lots of others I suspect, but my ability to identify by song only is still a bit limited and the buggers still haven't found the birdfeeder.

I thought I heard the swallows about, one sunny day last week, but couldn't confirm. Very early if it was, I noted them last year on the 18th of April.

So total for the month of March = 2, total so far this year = 14.

Oh, and another acquisition. I managed to pick up Richard Cannings' Birds of Southwestern British Columbia. A beautiful little field guide. So even if I can't see the ones I supect are out there, the ones that should have located my feeder by now, I can at least stare longingly at their pictures.