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Snowy Day in Ohio

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Snowy day in Ohio is an understatement! When we woke up this morning we had about a foot of snow on the ground. We went to TSC on Saturday and stocked up on bird seed and suet to help out our feathered friends during this nasty storm. So far at our feeders we've had goldfinches, house finches, cardinals, blue jays, chickadees, nuthatches, tree sparrows, juncos, house sparrows, downy woodpeckers, mourning doves and a red-bellied woodpecker. We've also had a Coopers hawk visit several times looking for a meal. The wind wasn't too bad Sunday morning so I went out with my camera to see if I could get some photos of birds in the snow.


Northern Cardinal
This first one is of a Northern Cardinal. I've tried for a long time to get a nice photo of a male cardinal sitting on a snowy branch but it never worked out very well for me. I finally got a nice, sharp photo of this cardinal sitting in a snowy thicket.  I like this one because you can see the snow sticking to his black feathers under his beak and I also like the way the branches frame the bird.

Red-bellied Woodpecker
I wasn't expecting the red-belllied woodpecker so it was a nice surprise when it flew in to grab some sunflower seeds. Red-bellied woodpeckers are fairly new residents on our property and a welcome addition to the birds we see on a daily basis.

Black-capped Chickadee
Chickadees are my all-time favorite bird and since we've let our property go wild we've been seeing more and more of them. I love everything about these feisty little birds and they never fail to make me smile! This one was hopping over to the chickadee feeder when I snapped this photo.

It was a lot of fun getting out and hopefully it will give me the fix I need to make it through to spring!


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