When we left for our road trip to the southwest we thought we were done with winter. I even thought of taking the snowblower off of the tractor but didn’t have time. Lucky I didn’t. It snowed at least four times while we were gone and last weekend we had a blizzard that lasted from Friday evening until Monday morning. Nothing to do but photograph the birds.
Given the weather I was a little surprised when a Song Sparrow turned up at the suet feeder.
The wind was blowing about 40 mph and I had problems photographing the goldfinch because the feeder was swinging back and forth. The sparrow was leaning into the wind.
The Northern Cardinals were around in large numbers. The second photo shows one with a bad case of Mange. She was around most of the weekend.
The Red-breasted Woodpecker was a frequent visitor.
For some reason I find the female House Sparrow much more photogenic than the male.
There were a large number of House Finches at the feeder early in the morning before the storm arrived but only one lone female turned up during the storm.
Woodpeckers were around the feeder most of the weekend.
The most frequent visitors to the feeders were the Dark-eyed Juncos and Black-capped Chickadees. The day before the storm there were hardly any birds at my feeders but they returned in large numbers once the storm started.
We had, what has turned out to be, a rare snowfall earlier in the week. Unfortunately I was out getting a Measles shot because of some nut cases refuse to get their kids vaccinated. As a result I missed most of what was a beautiful snowfall consisting of large flakes drifting out of the sky. This brought the birds out in full force.