Break Time…

With 8 inches of snow and freezing rain, it was time to work from home. Technology is sometimes so helpful; but at other times so frustrating. Connecting to work was a game of chance. Sometimes you made it on and then just as you started working the session would drop. That was my day. During a break I headed back to my hiding place and watched the activity around the feeders. Dodging snow and dancing on frozen branches, the birds moved in and out around the feeders.

Dark-eyed Junco

Male Red-Shafted Northern Flicker

Black-Capped Chickadee

Another Snowbird Day

I thought there might be a nice sunrise based on the cold clear sky over night. Up before dawn, I headed out in hope for a nice sunrise, but the clouds were too low and the snow was coming down. So Plan B. I re-filled the strategically placed bird feeders and set up for another round of photographing the visitors. Again the birds would come in waves, even the winter hold over hummingbird was flitting about. Oh well, yesterday’s visiting cedar waxwing never reappeared. Hopefully I will get him out of the frozen lake reeds and visiting my little forest area. Instead it was the usual cast of characters.

Steller's Jay

Male Dark-eyed Junco

Male Dark-Eyed Junco

Male Varied Thrush

It was peaceful sitting under the tree. For a few minutes only the sounds of the breeze rustling through the branches and the chirps of birds could be heard. Snow would fall at first slowly with large snowflakes floating down like feathers. Then would come the calm before another half-inch would dump in a few minutes.