Steve`s Country
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Tuesday’s Chatter. #15
Good morning to all of you on this beautiful, sunny Tuesday! It does look so nice out there this morning, though there is a few clouds around today. The numbers of our birds keep going up and down. Yesterday there were not many birds around at all. This morning there are birds everywhere out there. The trees are full, the feeders are full, the ground is simply crawling with little redpolls.
Impossible to count them all really, but there are likely around 150 to 200 redpolls again as another flock move in on their way north. This flock just might stay however, at least for a few days. Why? There is a major winter snowstorm going to hit us beginning tonight or early tomorrow morning and lasting until Friday morning. It will likely be declared a blizzard this time. For those who do not know what a blizzard is exactly, it is a mix of lots of snow, very strong wind and cold temperatures.
As of now they are forecasting snowfall amounts of 12 to 20 inches (30 to 50cm), with some areas getting up to 30 inches (75cm) of snow. This could actually be a record snowstorm for us in April. The long duration of the storm and cold temps will kill off any birds that have returned from the south, except the larger birds like the gulls which can go for days without eating. Small birds, like the juncos, need to eat every day. The ones that can find feeders will be okay, like the ones around here.
I stocked up on bird seed yesterday, just in case. Hopefully our electricity does not go off, something that often happens in storms like this. But it is still rather cold yet and with no electricity I have no heat. So I am hoping that does not happen. Even worse, I would have no internet. Now that would really be bad. Hmm, there are a lot of evening grosbeaks here this morning also. The gulls were here earlier to get their breakfast and Theodora was also around earlier looking for food.
Nice to see that she is still roaming around. It is so nice this morning, a typical early spring morning, although it is not exactly early spring anymore. I see there are some purple finches out there too, that is nice to see, although I do not see any males, might be some though. Well, I need to go out and pick up my medication before this storm hits us. Thank you for stopping by this morning, have a great day everyone and God bless! (top featured image is a downy woodpecker)
Steve and Muffin. (Praying for the people of Ukraine)
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Steve`s Country 
Good morning to you and Muffin 🌷🙏🐈 Happy to read your post and very pity the birds 🦅
Because of climate changes they also want to suffer , but nice, today you saw many birds 🐦
King fisher so lovely 🦅😍so sad to hear another winder snow storm coming 🌊take care 🌷🙏🌷
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Whatever the divine sends is a blessing in disguise or a blessing of whatever kind . They are close to the North Pole on high latitudes and nature takes time to warm up during spring …
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Thank you so very much! Good evening! The sun is still shining, but it is getting colder as that snowstorm gets closer to us. I hope you have a great week!😊😻🌞☕☕❄️❄️
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Thank you so much for your lovely reply message 🌷🙏🌷
You and Muffin take care from the snow storm 🌨 ♥️👏☕️
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Thank you!😊😻 We will be staying home and inside. Hopefully we don’t lose our electricity or it will get cold in here!🥶❄️❄️❄️❄️😮🙀
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So good message as well 🌷🙏♥️😊🌷
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😊😻🐦🌺🌷
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Yes , we are stocking up on food and meds too ! Blizzards can be devestating ! If our power goes out we are in trouble ! It already is cooling down…hope your birds take advantage of the seeds and peanuts ! 🙂😻☕️☕️☕️☕️🥜🥜
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Through both joy and pain,
You transcend grow and gain…
God can nourish life with rain , …
To bless us with love again …
A higher level of awareness you obtain ,
Diamonds form under pressure and strain ,
A simple truth , yet profound and plain …
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Yep, well stocked up now. Making my way out to the feeders may not be easy though! Yes, cooler here too. Have a great day!😊😻🌞☕☕❄️❄️
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I think no heat is worse than no internet
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True enough, especially since temps will be dropping to -12C and a very strong wind with it! They are now saying 40 to 50cm of snow for us, possibly 60cm. I’ll never be able to shovel my way out!
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