Although the night is very dark, the birds have been singing all evening in a most unseasonable manner! Perhaps they are rejoicing that the snow has finally (if temporarily) disappeared, or thinking because it has become a little milder it is almost spring. Whatever their reason, it is very beautiful! I doubt very much that they are nightingales, but they bring to mind the beautiful lines of "Romeo & Juliet" :
Wilt thou be gone? it is not yet near day:
It was the nightingale, and not the lark,
That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear;
Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate-tree:
Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.
and still more, Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale'
...thou, light-wingèd Dryad of the trees,
In some melodious plot
Of beechen green, and shadows numberless,
Singest of summer in full-throated ease.
Where would we be without poetry to help us express what we feel!
(The image is taken from the beautiful RSPB site - I trust it's okay to post it here and if not, I will remove it!)
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/n/nightingale/index.aspx
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