This spring, despite or because of a lack of preceding winter seems a lot more spring-like to me than previous ones. Earlier this week (round about the equinox itself, or maybe the day before), I was told it had truly arrived. The robins are practically rioting, where once there were just the vultures and the crows (I am blessed with both turkey vultures and black-neck vultures at varying times, possibly because of the area being a small green island in an otherwise urban/suburban area or because I am JUST. THAT. GOTH.)