Snow Blizzard

You're probably as sick of hearing about snow as I am of seeing it.  I honestly thought we were done until a big snow storm blew through here yesterday.

 

 

I had to feel sorry for the birds who were battling strong winds and the cold just to get some food.

 

 

Thankfully I'd filled the feeders just the day before so there was plenty to go around.

 

 

At least the sun is out today and the snow has melted.  I'm desperate to see some color after all the monochromatic browns and greys of this oh so long winter.

Sharing

I've never seen this before, birds sharing food from the same feeder as a squirrel.

 

Grey Squirrel With Carolina Wrens

It's almost as though they thought the squirrel was holding it still just for them.

 

The downy woodpeckers waited for the dogs to scare the squirrel away . . . . .

. . . . . it would appear they prefer to dine alone.

downy woodpecker

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Bird Watch

There continues to be a lot of activity at the bird feeders, especially after the ice and snow storm that came through here the other night.  I'm used to snow but the freezing rain and ice, not so much.

 

 

The starlings are back en mass.  They make so much noise and are quite the bully's.

 

 

It's a good job we have a number of different feeders otherwise I don't think the others would get a look in.

 

 

It doesn't look like it's going to get above freezing for the foreseeable future.  Isn't it funny how we miss the sun when it snows yet come the middle of Summer we often complain about the heat and humidity?

Carolina Wrens

I think I may have been doing the male of this species a disservice.  It would appear that there are two wrens feeding the babies in their nest and I'm assuming one is male.  Does anyone know of any differences between the male and female of the Carolina Wren?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you spot the odd one out?