A Smith’s Longspur on Cemetery Road in Hadley Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022.
A Smith’s Longspur on Cemetery Road in Hadley Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Credit: GAZETTE FILE PHOTO

I am just writing to tell you how much I enjoyed the story about the Smith’s longspur and the birders in the Gazette’s Dec. 16 edition, and the photo of the solstice sunrise observers on Dec. 22 front page. 

Catherine Etheridge

Sunderland