This is from the first time I revisited the Red maple that I went to the first trip to this tree. The main differences is that the buds were no longer fully closed and that there was some green starting to show through the red coverings of the bud. I saw a few small birds along the way, they were far off and moved quickly so sadly I was unable to ID them. Based on the area that I saw them in, and the small nature of the bird, I would assume that it was a chickadee or some other small wintertime bird, but my main guess is that it was a chickadee. Most of the trees at this time were still mostly buds but some other ones were also starting to show some green like the one in the red maple above.