January 2016-The Changing Seasons V1
Old man winter stopped by this weekend. Thankfully, we only got a little over a foot of snow in this part of Virginia instead of the anticipated two feet. I know other places north of here got much more than expected.
After lots of shoveling, I was glad to see sidewalk concrete and driveway pavement peeping through the snow. The trees in my backyard were dressed in winter white and I worried about how the birds and wildlife would find something to eat. I even made a makeshift bird feeder and put some cereal out for the birds.
While I haven’t seen any birds at the feeder, I have been amazed at the huge flock of robins that have been flying from tree to tree in search of food and then rest on the snowy branches. Some of the house sparrows have joined in as well. I even saw woodpeckers but I wasn’t able to catch a good photo of them before they flew away.
I am going to place my winter gallery into Cardinal’s Monthly Changing Seasons event as a Version 1 entry. I previously made a January Version 2 post which you can see here. I was planning to stick with Version 2 only, but decided to add these photos too. That’s a good thing about the Changing Seasons challenge-there are lots of formats to choose from!
Hope you are having a good winter, wherever you are!
Posted on January 24, 2016, in Photography, The Changing Seasons and tagged #MonthlyPhotoChallenge, #thechangingseasons, bird photography, birds, Monthly photo challenge, robins, sparrows, the changing seasons, winter. Bookmark the permalink. 20 Comments.
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These are great pictures Tildy. I know that shoveling is exercise but I just hate it.
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Thank you Jacqueline! I have been doing my share of shoveling…but that exercise just makes me want to eat more!
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Wonderful shots Tildy. The birds are gorgeous and I love your shot through the window. I can’t even imagine a foot of snow! Especially since we are in summer here 😄 Stay warm!
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Thanks! I just love all the birdies… I had never seen such a flock of robins…must have been thirty or more! I couldn’t count the all! I forget that it is summer in other places! I think it is supposed to warm up some and I am pretending the snows are over!
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I hope you are staying nice and warm 😊
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I still have snow in my yard. But, It’s actually a “heat wave” here right now with rain and fog instead of cold and snow! I am counting down the days til spring!
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The best thing about the snow is that it brightens up the scenery. Those little red birds seem to enjoy the scenery. Thanks again for another entry!
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I agree! Its been fun looking at everyone else’s posts too!
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So glad you decided to do another version, lovely to see the snow! And all those robins! Are your kind as territorial as our little robins?
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Thanks! These robins didn’t seem territorial at all! I had never seen such a large flock! My bird book said that wintering robins are often gregarious! These sure seemed to be! Of course they did take over the whole tree! In the summer, I only see one or two at a time!
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They certainly did take up that tree!
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True! I didn’t think of it that way! I was thinking about how many of them were sharing the tree with their own kind! They did let a couple of sparrows share a branch. I haven’t seen the flock lately so they must have moved on or back to their regular homes! Do your robins chase other birds away?
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They tend to chase other males away.
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Tough guys!
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Love the birds!
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Thank you Mrs. P! I have become a backyard bird watcher!
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Strange, how such tiny creatures can be so fascinating! I too have developed a love of birds!
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I know! And I have been even more enamoured after looking at the up close through my camera!
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