Thursday, February 10, 2011

Snow!

Doesn't this look a bit like Narnia, with feeder instead of lamp post?

An early bird was on the feeder, too dark to identify, maybe a titmouse? No, it is revealed to be super-sparrow! When the day got a bit lighter, the cardinals moved in, the male feeding while the female stood sentry above. The white throated sparrow, all puffed out to twice its usual size, tried to share the perch. The cardinal shoved it off. The sparrow came back, there was a mid-air battle, and the cardinals flew off to the camellia bush. The sparrow chowed down.

I also saw an early blue jay on the far side of the pool. A pelican flew down the creek through the falling snow, but the creek looks very milky. I suspect the snow is making a slushy surface. The clouds cleared off by 10am and the sun is melting while the wind is making the trees throw snowballs. Juncos appeared at the feeder since the snow has covered the ground.

No comments:

Post a Comment