In Collingwood and across Simcoe County, early spring often arrives first through birdsong rather than blooms. The garden still looks asleep. Branches are bare. The colours haven’t returned. From a distance, everything feels unchanged — like winter is holding on just a little longer. But if you pause, and listen, something entirely different is happening. The birds are already there. Before the first green unfurls, before the perennials push through the soil, before the tulip