Martins back in Michingan

[Lawrence Berger~MI]

Saw my first martin back today. A second year female. She just sat on one of my gourd racks waiting for me to open some and when I did, she flew right in. It's cloudy and 47 degrees here with a chilly east wind. Its suppose to get warmer for the next few days but the end of next week is only suppose to be in the low forty's. I hope she does well but it seems just too early in Michigan for Martins to return with our weather always fluctuating like it does. I guess I'll have to get the ole crickets out again this year. Last year in May it was just so rainy it was a bad year for my birds. Good luck to everyone and hopefully it will be a good year.