Thoughts For Thursday. #15

Posted on April 14, 2022 by

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Good morning everyone! I hope you are all having a good day so far. Well, this huge snowstorm that was supposed to be of historic proportions has turned into a normal snowstorm. We were supposed to get 20 inches (50cm) of snow, but we have only had 8 inches (20cm) so far and there is only a very light snow falling now. We might get another 2 inches (5cm) of snow yet by tomorrow morning. Don’t get me wrong, I am very happy the forecast was incorrect.

Although even with this amount of snow it looks completely like winter again. Especially since we still had 12 to 16 inches (30 to 40cm) of snow on the ground from winter. So everything is very white again. And the birds are very busy at the feeders. I made a couple of enclosures for the birds where I can put seeds and they won’t get much snow on them. The juncos and redpolls found them quickly, but mostly they are used by the juncos.

This is a junco from last spring, they are a bit bigger than a chickadee.

There are at least 30 plus juncos out here now. So juncos from the area are finding out about Steve’s Birdseed Restaurant and they keep passing the word around. But along with all the little birds there also comes danger. Large flocks of birds attract hungry hawks looking for an easy meal. While I was watching out the window yesterday afternoon a Sharp-shinned Hawk came swooping in and caught one of my chickadees.

Blue jay eating a piece of bread.

That fright scattered the other birds in every direction and it took 15 minutes before they began returning. Soon the area was alive with little birds again. Counting all the different species of birds there are well over 300 once again. And they will be around for a few days yet I am sure. The weather is not going to warm up quickly after this storm so our snow will be around for a long time yet. That means the birds will continue to need some extra food.

Here is a bear sitting on my step after a spring snowstorm in April, 4 years ago. I had to take the pic out my bedroom window at an angle and it was a dull cloudy day, so the photo is not very good. He had his front paws resting on his knees.

Speaking of food, this is the time of year that bears start to wake up. Yes, they will do so even with snow on the ground, especially if they did not get enough food last fall. That could be a problem, so I have to keep watching my feeders just in case. Hopefully the bears around here were well fed so they sleep late this year. Oh well. Time for more coffee and blueberry cupcakes, would you like to join me? Have a wonderful day and God bless!

Steve and Muffin. (praying for the people of Ukraine)

©2022 Steve McLeod.

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23 Comments on “Thoughts For Thursday. #15”

  2. Looks like magnetic geostorms worked and hit the earth, I can see only less snow incoming ☺️which is good and changes the projection 🤗 hope more warm days coming soon❤️ bear looks cute though, nice pose 🤪🤪. you should have asked for a selfie 🤪🤪 Have a great day Uncle Steve . stay warm 🥰

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    • Next week we should see some warmer temps coming our way,😁 how warm I’m not sure,🤔 but it can’t get any colder!🙄😂😹 I thought the bear looked cute too, it was a great pose. A selfie? No thanks, not me, no way, not going to happen!😬😂😹🤣

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  3. I have a robin sitting on 3 little blue eggs in a nest she made in the wreath on my front door. I love to watch her sitting there so attentively. I can’t wait for the eggs to hatch! Blessings, Steve!

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      • She got in some kind of ruckus in the middle of the night last night. We don’t know what happened, but she is back on her nest this morning and the eggs are still there. I hope I can get some good pictures when the eggs hatch. Blessings, Steve!

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      • That would be great to get pictures of the babies. Something must have tried to come after the nest during the night. Glad all is okay though.😊😺

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  5. The poor chickadee ! 😢 so sad ! I am happy that you are aware of bears that might come at your feeders ! Or at you ! …Sleep well !

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    • Right now I’m more concerned about the feeders since I’m not outside these days. But they will soon be out unfortunately. Have a good night!😊😻🌙

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