Bird watching

We are expecting more snow Wednesday/Thursday. Maybe 10 cm. We shall see. In the meantime, it is spring out in Vancouver. Jesse sent a photo of the girls with blooming snowdrops! It's wild, across the country. They have recovered from another bout of COVID. 

 It's been chilly. OK, cold. I am happy to feed the critters. We had icy rain, followed by snow. It wasn't pretty. I couldn't shovel the sidewalk or driveway, as the snow stuck to the ice. I gave up! It has since melted and I cleared it off. More is on the way, however. An Alberta clipper preceded by a Colorado low!

OK, back to our reality: the birds.

 Under the feeder we have friends. They have little tunnels, and pop out suddenly. I love the little paws tucked in. They look as if they are fretting, but they are aggressive.

The mourning doves nestle in the evergreen tree.

The blue jay took a drink.

Then it proceeded to land on the tray feeder.

I love this set. Blue Jay kept throwing the cracked corn aside, looking for the sunflower seeds.

I did have a great sighting: a red-winged blackbird.

The poor blackbird in the snow! This is an early sighting.

 

red-winged blackbird from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.