Welcome March

Snow cover has gone from 43 cm Feb. 25, to 35 cm. I showed you Frosty. He needs a paint job, but it's too cold to paint in these temperatures. It was -9 this morning.

I've had various successes with Frosty. It hasn't gone well since his tree stump required his removal. It was easy on the ground, but atop the stump, which is wobbly, I cannot reach easily.

It occurred to me, I wasn't sure where my big March flag was. Ah, I found it next day. The old flag pole bit the dust. The tree stump is falling apart, as well. After Plan A and B failed, I figured out Plan C to hang it.

There were 18 deer Wednesday morning. The numbers keep building as they try to keep something in their bellies. We don't give them more than a mouthful each, twice a day. It's good exercise. Poor JB hurt his arm shoveling. He still has a stiff neck, with pain. He has been scolded and then used his Dr. Ho, and heating pads.

Zola 3  is holding her own in the crowd. I think she'll be a survivor.

I spotted Oregano, the feral/wild cat, but he chose not to be videoed. That was an adventure tracking him yesterday. [Zola, Oregano]

 Look who I spotted, though! I am truly surprised it picked up the mouse. deermouse in the headlights

 

 

Cats 'n rats 'n elephants

OK, no rats or elephants, but lots of other critters...

Things are pretty busy around here, even for the bird feeders. JB went out and got us some bird seed. Happy birdies! The local seed and feed doesn't have the fancy bird seed. I don't want to place an online order with local hardware stores. It's all too complicated for us. So they plunk the big bags into the back of the car, and since my back is better, I can get it out of the car and put it on the workbench.

I have three different bags of bird seed. A richer mix for the globe feeder and the little birds. The glass feeder has a finch combo of nyjer and millet, etc. Finally, black oil sunflower seed. We've lots of redpolls, chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers, a few blue jays, but my fave are the pair of cardinals in the chestnut tree! You'll have to bigify it to see them!

Out I went to do the sidewalk. It was approaching zero, and at first the snow was melting, then it rained for a bit, and stopped. 

Down in the meadow, the branches were quite drippy!

The snow cover is deep enough, the flora and fauna are protected. Our lakes and river are quite full. Spring will be interesting.

Well, it was a vole that Nutmeg found. Somewhere. In a snowstorm! She growled at me as I tried to take it away. I let her be. It was only about 4 cm snow, not too bad.

You'll recall my video from yesterday, Nutmeg and Cinnamon playing on the front deck in the warm sun. This is a screen capture.

The trailcam works well here. Oregano Feb 5  is a big lad, and feral. He runs about 2 km to us for food, so we're giving him a handout. 

The forest critters are amazing. This is a short clip, I repeated the clip in slow motion. Cinn and I went  out in the slush, and could not find any tracks. The temperature went above zero today, and we left it too late.

On our walk, Cinn and I went down to the island, again, there were two deer  watching us!

 

The trek down to the camera, and back up the hill, was worth it. I love deer selfies!

 

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