Well, March has been an interesting month. Somewhere around the second week, it seemed like spring had arrived. Temperatures got into the upper 50s! Everything started to melt. I hung up my skis (sadly).
The end-of-season ski party was held at Right Brain Brewery on Tuesday, March 22. Wednesday, March 23, we had a blizzard with a foot of snow.
The wind was incredible! Birds alighted on the feeder, then were blown off like a rocket when leaving. The feeder itself was swinging wildly back and forth. Huge flakes of heavy, wet snow blew past in a horizontal stream. You can kind of see it in the first picture of the cardinals.
The good news: temperatures have stayed in the 20s since then! The bad news: I only got in one more day of skiing, because somehow I have hurt my foot. BUT WHAT A DAY IT WAS...glorious and sunny and perfect.
Here are a few more pictures of the lamb and lion month we are having. On the lamb side:
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| Out cruisin'... |
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| Hot pursuit! |
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| Downy woodpecker at the suet feeder. |
And then the lion:
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| Iceberg cruising |
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| Downy male hanging onto tree for dear life...look at his little feathers being blown all over! |
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| Riding the storm out. |
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| The wind reveals that he is gray underneath. |
Last but not least, a new bird has discovered the feeder, and I've seen her hanging around quite a lot. Here she is, the song sparrow!
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| In the morning, fluffed up in the tree. |
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| Sweet! |
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