This pheasant was busy trying to find some seeds under the birder feeder now that a few patches of grass are showing after the rain melted some of the snow.
Seed Searching Pheasant
Picture of the Day for April 4, 2023
With the rain today, the snow drifts by the road corner melted some so that I don’t have to do the slow creep into the intersection to try to see around the high snow banks.
Snow Drifts Shrinking
Picture of the Day for April 3, 2023
This cardinal wasn’t happy during the snow storm as the limb broke that I had the bird feeders tied to and not too much of the feeder was sticking out of the snow. He was able to get some seeds after the squirrels dug some of the snow away.
Unhappy Cardinal
Picture of the Day for April 2, 2023
The sun came out on this Sunday afternoon and with the gift of new snow from Mother Nature, one could play in the snow in the 40s and build a snowman.
April Snowman
Picture of the Day for April 1, 2023
Mother Nature played a nasty April Fools’ Day prank as it dumped heavy wet snow overnight which made it look like winter instead spring and caused many people hours to shovel this morning.
Nature’s Joke
Picture of the Day for March 31, 2023
March is supposed to go out like a lamb, but it appears it will go out like a roaring lion as the snow has started this evening and the area is under a blizzard warning so not as a gentle lamb but definitely white.
Not Out like a Lamb
Picture of the Day for March 30, 2023
I had to laugh today when I saw a lone goose flying south as he must have heard the forecast of snow and decided it wanted a warmer environment even if the rest of the the gaggle of geese stayed in snow country.
Lone Goose
Picture of the Day for March 29, 2023
It has been hard for people to tap the maple trees for sap this spring with all the snow still on the ground, but maybe this American Red Squirrel has an easier time tapping the trees as folklore credits the red squirrel for the origin of maple syrup. They gouge the bark with its large front teeth and then leaves as the sap flows out. The squirrel returns later when the water evaporates from the sap and licks the maple sugary syrup.
American Red Squirrel
Picture of the Day for March 28, 2023
Eventually the snow may melt enough for me to walk out to clean the birdhouses and I may encounter some squatters who don’t want to be evicted, like this cute little field mouse.
Birdhouse Squatter
Picture of the Day for March 27, 2023
I’m not sure where the trumpeter swans went to when they passed over head earlier this month heading north as my pond is still frozen, but hopefully they found some open water. The trumpeter swans are our biggest native waterfowl, weighing more than 25 pounds and a wing scan of over 6 feet. My pond is too little for these swans as they need 100-yard runway to get airborne.
Trumpeter Swan
