That's great that your beneficial birds arrived so soon. We had a late frost that I think killed off some of the aphids but also got all my 100's of little developing mulberries on my dwarf black mulberry tree lol..gotta take the good with the bad I guess. If you get the opportunity to take pics of your cute little chiff-chaffs, I'd love to see them!

Talk about timing. So far I'm the only aphid killer around, but I hope the birds will discover the bounty soon. As soon as I saw your name your garden appeared in my mind, and I hope we'll be seeing it here soon. Every year is different and a maturing garden as beautiful as yours is a wonderful thing to see.

I don't have a photo, but here is a link to one. Chiffchaff

I always find myself singing or humming the old Donovan song, when I see the Chiffchaffs.

So begins another spring

Green leaves under berries

Chiffchaff eggs are painted by

Mother bird eating cherries.

Lullaby of Spring

Daisy