Viewing post #541588 by TBGDN

It began snowing here around 3:00 PM Saturday and didn't stop until before midnight. I kept thinking the birds were so wise to feed heavily Saturday morning, but I wondered just what they would face this morning with so much snow on the ground. I think I counted about 75 birds in a mixed flock on the ground at one point. To make matters worse the wind picked up from the west and drifted badly around and beneath the feeding stations. My first morning job was to clear the walks and drive way of about 6-8 inches of drifted snow. Then I cleaned the areas beneath the feeders and re-filled the feeders themselves. I had just enough sunlight to get a few fairly good pictures. I wanted to try for some close-ups of the American Tree Sparrow. They are one of the smallest of sparrows and migrate thousands of miles here from beyond northern Canada and Alaska. I was also surprised to see one actually cracking open a sunflower seed in the last picture below. Read more at this link:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/g...