We got a somewhat unexpected snow last night - Woke up to a dusting this morning, which continued until about 9:30. I'd say we have about an inch out there. No school, as the roads are not expected to warm up.
The feeders have been like an airport. We sat and enjoyed the traffic for about half an hour, and I got a few pictures. I've enjoyed seeing the feeders finally get some decent action. For some reason it's been slow this year.
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| Goldfinch - thistle feeder |
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| Love this shot of a downy at the suet (which is snow-covered) |
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| Downy is blurry in this one, and I think that's a pine warbler underneath, but this shot is included because of the red showing on the head of the ruby-crowned kinglet! |
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| Another goldfinch, this time on the sunflower seeds. |
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| I've never seen a robin in the trees near the feeders. I'm not too crazy about robins to begin with, but seeing this one perched in the trees above the feeders, I had to get a pic of it. |
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| I'm also not too crazy about red-winged blackbirds at the feeders, but I guess they've got to eat also. |
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| Yellow-Rumped Warbler. Also fondly known in the bird world as a "butter butt." |
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| The obligatory snow photo of a cardinal |
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| White-throated sparrow. I didn't catch the head but wanted to document. They are not common. Two types exist - this one has brown and beige head stripes. Another has black and white stripes. I actually saw one of the other type very briefly this morning. |
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| Pine warbler at the suet. |
The behavior of the birds is fascinating to watch. Some are alpha birds and the others know not to come around. I watched the kinglet trying to get suet from the bottom without bothering the downy woodpecker which was gorging.
Most fascinating - All the birds left in one fell swoop. Two or three seconds later, a Cooper's Hawk came swooping down. Three cardinals in one tree were stock still for about ten minutes after the hawk left. Amazing to watch.
