My Yard Is Now X-rated

I honestly cannot look out the windows of my house, and certainly not with the binoculars these days, unless I want to be red-faced. My neighbors (the feathered ones) are most heavily involved in their romantic activities.  The males are bringing food and putting it so delicately in the mouths of the females as if giving gentle kisses.  It is a most intimate gesture and can take your breath away.

Some of the males are changing clothes into formal wear right before my eyes as they get ready for their courtship dances.  Their pale yellow colors to deep golden sunlight which matches so perfectly with the spring flowers on the small tree in the photo below and this color will continue to coordinate with the tulip tree flowers in a week.

The males and females are dancing high in the air and put any TV show with professional dancers to shame.  Then when landing together, the male will thrust out his chest and present a most provocative stance.  (The female in the photo below is pretending she does not notice as she plays hard-to-get.)

They sing at the top of their little lungs, AND OF COURSE they are doing things that...well...are just a little too uninhibited and makes one wonder if they might not break something or fall off of a branch or hurt themselves in the process.  I did not take pictures of that because I consider this a family blog.

As spring moves on,  they are checking out the bird houses with frequency, peaking in and peaking out while not yet collecting nesting materials.  The drama begins!