I was fortunate to be able to come home shortly after the snow started. I got the birdfeeders filled as soon as I got home, before it got too bad. The birds emptied them by late afternoon, but by then the snow had stopped and Greg had scooped the sidewalks and decks, so I went out and filled the feeders again.
By early afternoon we had new guests at the party, our local cardinal couple. Cardinals are pretty skittish, and any time I approached the windows, they flew away. I finally was able to stand there long enough that the male came back to the feeder and I could get a photo.
Here we have a sweet little American Goldfinch. He was dipping his beak into the snow on the deck rail - I suspect for the moisture.
See how big and fluffy they make themselves when it's cold outside?
This house finch was drinking snow, too. There are probably more house finches than any other kind of bird to visit my feeders.
I haven't been able to get a picture of the dark-eyed juncos, and there are doves out there now, but they all scatter every time I get anywhere near the window. Tucker has stopped whining and crying at the birds - he just lies there for hours watching them, twitching his tail.
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Lovely bird photo. :o) Cardinals & wrens are my favorites. I can't have bird feeders here because I have all those barn cats. They would attack.
We got about 8" of the white stuff here in SE Neb. But at least it's starting to melt off the roads now.
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