More snow fell yesterday afternoon and we started worrying about the songbirds. The entire world was under deep snow and there was nothing natural exposed for them to eat. So, Trish filled two of our larger bird feeders and put them right on our decks where we could watch them from the windows…in normal times the birds would never come this close and it might take them several days to find the feeders when we first out them up. Not so yesterday!
In no time the mourning doves located the feeders and they seemed to call all the other birds to join them!
We had brown catbirds, purple finches, house finches, and multiple small songbirds. Then the cardinals arrived.
First one female, then another female, them another female. It is unusual for cardinals to feed near one another, so, three females in one spot was a treasure.
Then the males arrived. First one and then a second. We never saw three males at once, but they really worked the feeders up until the edge of darkness. It was beautiful.
Today they have not been back yet. Maybe they found other food or maybe they will come this afternoon. Whatever, we hope they are well fed.
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