This morning, with temp of 11 degrees, clear skies, and lots of new fresh snow, I finally saw a decent-sized group of redpolls clustered around the top of one of our tallest spruces, awaiting the first sunlight. Approximately 10 redpolls (plus or minus) sat there, chirping away. I went out to fatten up the feeders, and their birdsong was actually more melodious than I had remembered. It makes me so happy to hear and see them, probably because these little visitors that usually throng in huge numbers to our feeders, have been conspicuously absent this winter. The normal cycle of redpolls coming in for feed is reassuring.
Later on: We saw our brown creeper around 12:30 PM. Approx. 12-15 pine siskins kept visiting our feeders off and on all day. No redpolls at the feeders. Our snowshoe hare showed up and stayed in close to our house. Totally white, with dark-ish ears and black eyes, very soft padded feet.
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