More Snow!

It’s just 6am, and our next round of snow has already started. This one is forecast to be a doozy and last all day, so I doubt I’d be able to get any pictures for you today. Luckily, I have a couple more from yesterday that I hope can fill the gap.

On the river, our goldeneye has departed, probably to join the flocks of his compatriots back on the lake, but this handsome couple of common mergansers have arrived to take his place.

By the pond, the house finches were not alone, and here’s a dark-eyed junco feasting on some seeds.

Back at the river, the lone red-breasted merganser drake is still with us, and here he is trying to enjoy a nap in the bit of sun that poked through late yesterday morning.

I know this isn’t everyone’s favorite bird, but this mourning dove posed so nicely by the pond that I just couldn’t resist taking its picture.

Finally, back at the river, the kingfisher was going about his business despite the poofy piles of snow on his branches.

Lastly, this little cutie surprised me with its call. It’s a song sparrow beside the river, and we’re just inside the northern extreme of their year-round range, but we don’t get to see or hear much of them these days. I didn’t recognize its call, and I had to get help from the Merlin app to identify what I was hearing. I see now that it’s classified as a “juvenile call” on the AllAboutBirds site.

It’s now closer to 7am, and it is really coming down out there. Stay safe if you have to venture out today!