This chapter describes the bud burst of the trees in the author's backyard. First is the serviceberry tree; the author's tree is the smooth serviceberry Amelanchier laevis. This species can be found in the Collins Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe (1974), where it is called snowy mespil with the explanation that it has escaped from gardens to Surrey heathlands. Second is the eastern redbud, Cercis canadensis. The redbud is loved by Ithacans, who plant it freely, and the redbud loves Ithaca, where it seeds equally freely. Its sister species in Europe is the Judas tree, which mostly blooms around famous archaeological sites. Third is the red maple tree. Sugar maples and red maples have been harvested for their syrup by the peoples of North America since for always. Until about a century ago, however, the dominant deciduous tree in much of the local forests was the American chestnut.