More Snow Scene

 Beautiful birds on a snowy day:

"I am the best one with snow."

"Not really, I bet I am."

"I know I am.  All the viewers would agree with me."

A Delicious Suet Cake

 The suet cakes are popular among winter birds.   When Varied Thrush came here on a snowy day, he/she found the suet crumbs on the ground after a squirrel had been munching on it.  

"On a cold, icy day, all the food is hidden. 

Aha, I found the backyard with food."

This time, I saw two of them in my backyard for the first time in ten years!!

"Boy, it gets crowded here."

"I decided to come here more often."

Second Snow

 The weather forecast said  the snow/ice would fall as the Alaskan chilly wind blew hard to our direction this weekend.   First day the streets became icy with less snow.  Next day it snowed more to cover the ice.  The highways were closed at some places.  Public transportation were mostly cancelled.  The mail truck and delivery trucks could not come.  And yet, rare birds came to see me.

"Hi, I am a Lincoln's Sparrow.  I wanted to 

find food where many little bird friends hung around."

Another rare visitor is a Varied Thrush.  She comes on a snowy day when food is hard to find.

Last year there was no snow so it did not show up at my place.  

"As always, I am very careful, but on a snowy day 

I know this place always has food for me."

On a Cloudy Day

 The spring blossoms are already in bloom.

It was cloudy when we stopped over at the wetland.  A Cackling Goose just landed on the water.  

"Hi, you just saw my fabulous landing."

At the far end of a pond, I saw Ruddy Duck paddling for the first time.

"Hi, I don't come here often, but it's nice to see you."