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When the little bluebird

Who has never said a word

Starts to sing Spring

When the little bluebell

At the bottom of the dell

Starts to ring Ding dong Ding dong...

It is nature that is all

Simply telling us to fall in love

And that's why birds do it, bees do it

Even educated fleas do it

Let's do it, let's fall in love

-- Cole Porter

Ah, spring! While I don't have any images of bees doing "it" -- or educated fleas, for that matter -- I was able to capture a pair of crane flies and two red-shouldered hawks. The crane flies are out in droves here in Texas now, flying low to the ground near early spring wildflowers (you may need to enlarge this image to see both flies clearly). The photos of the hawks were taken in Florida in early March.

The flies were taking their time, but the hawk encounter was over in about 1 minute, 15 seconds.