Saturday's Critters

 Before the polar vortex, the critters have been out. It's been a few frigid mornings. More on the way! The birds amuse me. We've three male and one female cardinal. About 6 mourning doves, and a flock of juncos, as well as chickadees and goldfinches. A couple of blue jays, as well.

The coyotes have been frequent flyers. They zip up and down the driveway, and go to see what Barry is up to.

   

 The deer have been quite quiet, for the most part. We have the odd visitor.

   

 Buster loved walks in the snow. As did Daisy. Nutmeg and Cinnamon don't last too long outside, and don't venture too far in the snow. It's like sending youn kids out in the snow, the exercise to get themselves into snowsuits took up a lot of recess time, and it was good exercise.

Daisy even loved the frozen frog pond.

Sound up! I've been trying to teach Cinnamon about the cat door in the garage. Bending over at the door, I was calling. He'd already figured out how and came roaring around the house to see me.

 

Barry Beaver is frozen in, as far as I can tell. For fun, I found a video of a beaver chewing on a small tree trunk. Apparently they hold on with upper teeth, and it's the lower jaw that does the grinding/chopping!

We're going to have to get someone in to take down the leaners. They scare me. Too bad Barry didn't finish the job. I found this video of a beaver. It shows how the beaver uses his top teeth as a lever, and it's the bottom teeth that do the job! 

More critters: Saturday's Critters # 625, hosted by Eileen. I am happy visiting her blog, as she has 'winter birds' that nested up here in winter.