27th
2012
Snow and Rain: SNOW DAY # 2. We got 2” of snow followed by freezing rain and rain.UGH! Check out the weather map. All that rain is moving northward leaving us with a depressingly wet day with no way to play outdoors…Oh well, I have several days worth of papers to grade, so I’d better get working! I guess we’ll go to the beach again this weekend as the woods and pond are too rough to traverse again…I have never spent so much of a winter inside as I have this year.
Red-bellied Woodpecker: The belly of the male woodpecker is getting a long red streak on it…must be nearing mating season! Hopefully, I’ll get a photo later.
Birds: We have had lots of goldfinches, several mourning doves, a few bluejays, and chickadees frequenting the seed feeder all day long. Drew had to refill it midday as the poor soggy birds needed lots of food to keep from freezing to death. I also saw a grackle on the suet feeder along with the hairy, downy, and red-bellied woodpeckers.
