Awake at 4:30 am courtesy of a beautiful (and loud) cardinal song. As he perched high in the cedar tree outside my open window, he clearly announced the arrival of the “pre-dawn” time of day. Although still dark outside, I could see the faintest line of light on the horizon. Cardinal spoke once and, that was that. I, of course, couldn’t fall back asleep because I was wondering, “why do birds announce the new day?”