It was an unusual slate colored junco–more commonly called “snow” birds. Usually you only see the white on their tail wings as they flick them but this particular bird had one side of its tail showing white all the time. I noticed this particular bird for weeks. It was about a week until spring and they migrate north so don’t know how much longer that bird will be around. It seemed only a few weeks ago we had a large snow storm and slate colored juncos were all over the yard feeding on the birdseed I put out on the top of the snow.
Tags: bird feeding, bird-watching, birds, birds migrate, birdseed, Slate-colored Junco, snow birds, snow storm, white tail wings
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I am just going to stay put. It is snowing. I took a short trip to the local supermarket, picked up a few items. It was snowing hard at that point. I will wait out this storm, which probably (???) not amount to much–maybe six inches if that much and then shovel out our two cars. Sometimes storms are fun. I will make the best of it. I am not going anywhere.
Tags: snow storm, snowing, supermarket, winter
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We are having an heat wave: I checked the thermostat on the car and it registered forty degrees. Once it hit December it got cold and stayed that way. In July, that would be a cold day. It is all a sense of perspective. Now I consider that warm. Let us see what the rest of winter will bring. We just missed a snow storm which created havoc at the airports in NYC. So far nothing worse than a few flakes. Our luck can’t hold out the rest of winter. In any case, I will enjoy the weather today.
Tags: December, heat wave, July, snow storm, weather, winter
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There were lots of birds feeding in my yard in this storm. I sprinkled some birdseed two and an half hours ago on the snow. I counted about a dozen slate cover juncos feeding on the ground (my friend calls them appropriately snow birds).
I saw as many as three downy woodpeckers on the trunk of my large white pine tree at one time. They do take turns feeding on the suet. And of course there were the squirrels. I did see “stumpy” a squirrel who is missing part of his tail.
A female cardinal made its appearance briefly. And there was the occasional Carolina wren. A little later I will toss a little more bird seed on the ground. I do not want to waste any.
There still is some sunflower seeds on our porch not covered by snow. The birds keep coming. And I have my eyes open for any unusual visitors.
Tags: bird feeding, bird seed, bird-watching, birds, cardinal, Carolina wren, downy woodpecker, my yard, nature, slate covered junco, snow, snow birds, snow storm, squirrels, stumpy, suet, sunflower seeds, white pine tree
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