A couple of last photos taken during the snow storm in the middle of April.
The blowing snow didn’t stop these hardy little birds!
Critter of the Day: finches in the storm
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Critter of the Day: finch on a lilac branch
This photo was taken just days before the snow storm hit, in the middle of April.
Such a lovely, warm and sunny day.
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Critter of the Day: hidden blep
Critter of the Day: the Beep Beep
Lady Beep Beep, slinking her way through the tall grass.
Our first winter here, we would see cats sitting on the barrel behind her in this photo, just watching things. This past winter, the staves fell in and the cats lost their perch.
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Critter of the Day: angry bird!
I wouldn’t want to meet this purple finch in a dark alley. He looks like he’s ready to peck someone’s eyes out!
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Critter of the Day: cold!
This was taken during the snow storm we had on April 15.
The juncos weren’t even feeding, really. Mostly, they just sat there, all puffed up, making the odd, desultory peck at some seeds.
It must have been quite a shock for the juncos to be back for the summer, only to have winter hit them, instead!
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Critter of the Day: I see your bones
This lone deer that sometimes visits looks terribly hungry.
We can see her bones…
Despite the severe cold this past winder, due to the unstable polar vortex, none of the deer we have had visit our feeding station looked to be going hungry, except this one. It may be due to illness or parasites, too.
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Critter of the Day: tasty!
This photo was taken the day after the storm blew in, at the beginning of April. As you can see, the snow was already melting away!
Which meant it was easier for our little buck here to find some tasty feed!
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Critter of the Day: let me have some!
This photo was taken on April 4, after the storm had passed. The feed left for the deer was covered, but they could still find it!
With these two, the young male comes right in, while his mother hangs back, watchfully, before joining him. This day, it meant he had time to find one of the piles of deer feed already, and she just pushed her way right in there!
I leave about 6 or 8 piles, but they hadn’t found the other ones, yet. :-D
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Roll With It (plus updates)
What a lovely evening it was today! Though it was quite windy earlier, by evening it was calm and warm.
The outside cats were in their glory!
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