Snow and Ice Brings the Birds

Posted on by Melissa Penta

When there is snow or ice, natural food for birds can be more difficult to come by so they flock to feeders in higher numbers. I woke up to plenty of ice this morning and it has not gotten warm enough to melt – the ice is still neatly covering tree branches and anything else that was not manually de-iced. I was able to get some photos this morning through my sliding doors of some of my common feeder birds – the first real “set” of photos from my new house. Enjoy!

Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco

Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco

Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

House Finches

House Finches

Male House Finch

Male House Finch

Mourning Doves

Mourning Doves, sticking together like usual

American Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

Male American Goldfinch

Male American Goldfinch

Even my feeder Chickadee was frozen

Even my feeder Chickadee was frozen

And some more birds from the next morning:

Female Red-bellied Woodpecker

Female Red-bellied Woodpecker

Blue Jay

Blue Jay close-up

Male Downy Woodpecker

Male Downy Woodpecker

Carolina Wren

Carolina Wren

Dark-eyed Junco moving snow around to search for food

Dark-eyed Junco moving snow around to search for food

Black-capped Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

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