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Morning Coffee time #52.
Good morning and Happy Sunday to all of you! The coffee and tea are ready for you, please help yourself to a cup, or two, and relax with Muffin and I for a few minutes. It’s a beautiful morning, a few clouds blocking the sun at the moment, but lots of blue sky around. And it’s mild again today, right now the temp is 14F (-10C), with a high today expected to be 28F (-2C), that’s getting into spring temps! This doesn’t mean that spring is here, however, but it’s definitely a welcome change for a few days. The chickadees were here bright and early singing their spring song again and coming for food before I have a chance to put it on the feeder, landing on the rim of the plastic cup I use for the sunflower seeds.
The blue jays were half an hour earlier this morning and there is 6 of them today, busy going after the peanuts and calling loudly back and forth to each other. The downy was the first of the woodpeckers to show up, but the hairy was here very shortly after and chased the downy from the suet feeder. So he flew up into the tree for a bit, then came back down to the other suet feeder. There are two feeders, just for such an occasion. It seems no matter which one the downy is at, if one of the hairy woodpeckers show up they will chase the downy away. Much like the way people do things sometimes.
The nuthatches seem to be enjoying the milder weather too. They don’t have to work so hard to get the suet. In that cold weather the suet was frozen hard as ice and those little nuthatches really had to pound at it to get some food. It’s still frozen, but not so hard, so it’s easier for them. There are a few redpolls around again, but still no sign of the evening grosbeaks. I haven’t seen the Canada jays around for a few days either, guess they are busy with nest building now, the female could be sitting on eggs by this time. Some more bright flowers are here to enjoy today, have a sunny Sunday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
God is in everyone and everything, after the winter comes the spring,
The divine is not limited by anyone or anything ,
All that matter is a wonderful thing …
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Good morning Wael, thanks for stopping in!
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Here , good evening …
All the best …
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Yes, that’s true, 8 hours difference.
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Sunny Sunday 😍 my fav flower Zinnia, wow Steve, it’s an awesome Sunday. You are early today😉 see you post early and my competitors always beat me 😅😂 I challenged Sharon today😁 and look at me, I beat them today😅 at least today 😂😂 It’s fun to have competitors,,, and I am still okay being in 2nd place 😉 How is your tooth? take care of Steve… Have a lovely Sunday🥂🥂🎉🎉
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Wishing you a wonderful sunday , Steve!😻🌞🌼🌹
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Thank you so much Carla! It is a wonderful day indeed! You’re into evening now so I hope you have a beautiful evening Carla!😀😺😻☕☕🌞💐
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I would love to see evening grosbeaks, still have never seen them. At least I got the chance to see redpolls this winter.
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Here I thought that evening grosbeaks would be fairly common down your way. This winter they are not as common as usual for some reason. They certainly are a beautiful and bright bird to have around in the winter though. Have a wonderful day!😀😺🌞
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Not in my area. Blessings Steve.
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I am very late today…for some reason, again, I never received your blog until after four PM…lovely flowers Steve ! I see your birds are more regular today…great ! Have a good rest ! ☕️☕️😴😺
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I guess the best thing is not to wait for the notification, they can be very irregular. But it doesn’t really matter when you get here, we’re always open for coffee! Have a wonderful and warm day!😀😺☕☕🌞
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It was a great day. My feeders became quite the hotspot this morning, with Blue jays, cardinals, Chickadees, The little red and brown ones (Redpolls?), Tufted Titmice, and a lone Downey. No Nuthatches today and I’m not sure why. I’ll look again tomorrow
Laugh a while See what happens
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Wow, sounds like a great day! My feeders were not very busy today, nearly empty most of the day, after a busy day yesterday. Kind of odd.
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Mine was very busy in the morning then cleared out
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Mostly just chickadees and nuthatches for me, only had 2 blue jays show up briefly this morning and never saw them again.
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Wow that is odd
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Yep, it’s been odd all winter though, some winters are like that.
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glad to hear it is warming up!
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Yes, it is nice for sure, it should stay fairly nice from now on, we’ll still get some colder weather but it won’t be that bitter cold now.
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Spring is on the way!
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I sure hope so, but it does seem early.
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Steve, these flowers are incredibly beautiful. 😁 Where do they grow in the Spring/Summer? Do they grow near the lake that is closest to you, the one where you take your walks
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These flowers are a popular garden flower here because they have a long blooming period, from early June to end of September, or until the frost gets them whichever comes first. So they are not a wildflower. I’m hoping to grow them in pots on my deck this summer.😀😺☕☕🌞
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Thanks. Very nice. Hope you are able to grow them. 😁☕️🌞
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I just hope one of our nurseries sells them this year.😁😸🌼
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Yes, they are so beautiful. Hope so as well. 😁🌺
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Hopefully our nursery will have them this year.😃😺
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😁🌺
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