Ruff
Two birds in one.
My bird for the season, so far at least, is the Northern Junco (formally the Slate Coloured Junco and for all I know called that again). They arrive in a flock of 30 or so and stay for most of the day, assuming it's always the same flock, but they're not all that common. Other birds drift in an out, but most of them are larger than the juncos and none of them stay very long. The thing about the juncos is that they really prefer to eat on the ground but if I scatter seed there, the squirrels move in as soon as they notice and take over until it's gone. Today I saw the fattest grey squirrel of my rather extensive experience squatting there and feeding like a gourmand- I swear it must have trouble getting up a tree, but of course it's early in the season.
I suppose I should give a weather report for my locale- it's been -20 at night for some days and not much warmer in the days, with an unusually heavy snow falling through most of them. Heavy for the temperature I mean, mostly air that cold doesn't produce much snow because it can't hold moisture and there is no 'lake effect' to speak of here. Have up to 2 feet on the ground, very White Christmas like.
I suppose I should give a weather report for my locale- it's been -20 at night for some days and not much warmer in the days, with an unusually heavy snow falling through most of them. Heavy for the temperature I mean, mostly air that cold doesn't produce much snow because it can't hold moisture and there is no 'lake effect' to speak of here. Have up to 2 feet on the ground, very White Christmas like.