This Winter's First Snow Days

This week we got our first snow.  Not so much accumulation, but it was exciting to see it again.   

Early in the morning an Anna's hummer still came here to have a sugar drink.  But usually for birds, snow can create much disturbance in their pursuit for finding food.

Every morning I go out to refill breakfast seeds to the feeders.   See my foot print.

Someone else was helping me.  You guessed right:  squirrels to help finish more than their share of the sunflower seeds.

This slushy morning, a flicker got so wet coming here to eat the suet.  I hope she got the head dried a bit later.

A White-throated Sparrow and two Finches were here, too, trying to find seeds on the lawn.

This Pine Siskin arrived first; the rest of the flock flew in soon to crowd the feeders under the patio roof.

On a snowy day, everyone tends to swarm in to a nearby feeder to cause a temporary overcrowded condition.  Even an aggressive Starling had to wait for its turn to eat.

By the end of today, the snow is almost gone and tomorrow the usual Oregon rain will return.   A good news for birds.