The snow didn't stop till after 2pm. But the weather brought out the birds. A make towhee was hungry enough to visit the feeder. A song sparrow foraged on top of the snow for fallen seeds. Juncos also came to forage. A Carolina wren had some of everything.
A yellow rumped warbler pecked through the snow coating the suet. A downy woodpecker and a pine warbler also wanted suet. The a red belied woodpecker landed with his red head feathers all stuck in points like a punk rocker.
A mockingbird on the front patio looked miserable. It inspired me to put out a dish of bark butter balls, but the birds didn't notice.
The birds got aggressive over their food and there were several fights. The wrens and a pine warbler mostly got along, but the downy was not willing to share. Red wing blackbirds came at lunch time.
Then the snow stopped and we had a couple of hours of sunshine before sunset. Much later, the just past full moon rose. It lighted the snow enough for me to see, but not the camera. However I did catch it shining on icicles.
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