Good morning everyone! I’m late again today, it has been a busy morning. We received another 2 inches of snow overnight and since it started snowing when the temp was above freezing and then continued after the temp fell below freezing, that snow is sticking to everything. So everything looks more like winter again. I did not bother taking any photos of this new snow however. I already have pictures that look just like this, so why take more? I must admit, with each passing day I am looking more for spring, not winter.

And we have a strong, cold north wind again today. That will keep our temps a bit cooler for a day or two. The feeders are sure busy today, just like they were yesterday. There are more than 50 evening grosbeaks and at least 200 redpolls again. Those redpolls are impossible to count accurately so I just estimate their numbers. I got very good at estimating while doing various bird studies and bird counts years ago. And those estimates can be amazingly close to real numbers.

I actually think their number is well above the 200 mark now. They are literally everywhere out there, filling the spaces on the feeders between the grosbeaks, all over the ground out back and in the neighbors yard, and still filling the trees. They will likely stay until the weather warms up again. Jasper and Chase are chasing again the this morning. And they are really running fast today. It is amazing watching them run down a tree! Hard to believe they can go that fast and not fall.

Then it is back up to the top of the next tree. Occasionally they “connect” and have an “argument”, then Chase manages to break free and off they go again. I watched them do this for half an hour without a break, except when the stopped to “argue” for a bit. I think Chase really won the one “argument” and left Jasper a bit dazed. Chase used that time to run off, but Jasper quickly closed the gap again and they continued for quite a while after that.

They even came along twice running on the snow zigzagging between all the redpolls on the snow and those little birds did not even pay any attention to them, just kept on looking for food. Jasper finally chased Chase back home and he is now out here eating peanuts to restore his energy. Spring is coming. Thank you for joining us this morning. Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone and God bless!

Steve and Muffin.

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