What’s Up? – Cold Hands…Warm Heart
Cold Hands…Warm Heart
It has been a cold week for my area. For example, last Wednesday it was 23º F at the time we were waiting for the School bus! Daily, we have frost everywhere in the backyard.
It gets very breezy and you feel colder due to the wind chill factor. Most of my birds wait until the sun rises up over the tree line and they go looking for their meals.
I see the Carolina Chickadees are very busy going back and forth taking sunflower seeds to their nesting place…Perhaps stocking up for a harsh winter?
The Northern Mockingbird is back in service again, he chases everybody out from the feeders, to me it means one thing: The female must be incubating.
I also see my little “tenors” the Carolina Wrens, they move all over the deck area and inspect every niche or hole they can find. I guess, they are looking for insects or any other bugs.
Song Sparrows and House Finches also show up and eat but do not frolic for long.
And, of course, my Northern Cardinals, sometimes the entire clan is out to feed, they are very active and playful , they chase each other around snd flitter around the backyard. I enjoy moments like that very much. It gives me the impression that they are happy.
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beautiful birds from your backyard, HJ!!
Thank you Indira! 🙂
Those wrens are especially cute. A nice photo set, all the way around.
Thank you very much Linda. 🙂
Interesting post HJ. In my recent research I learned that your Chickadees are very intelligent stashing their seed stocks in thousands of difficult places and remember where each stash has been put for winter. 😊
Yes, they do that! They also can control their body temperature to survive low temperatures during harsh winters. Thanks Ashley. 🙂
Loved to see all your birds in your excellent photographs.
Thanks Susan! I appreciate that. 🙂
Lovely pictures HJ. I hope that the freeze lets up soon.
Thank you Tom. All I want is a normal Autumn. 🙂
Great! Like the northern Mockingbird the best!
Thank you very much Kendall. 🙂
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Lovely backyard feathered friends, HJ! 🙂
I’m always in good company my friend. 🙂
I know our feathered friends are well-equipped, H.J., but I always admire how they adapt to heat and cold with one single dress, while we humans struggle, despite a thousand different outfits.
Because they do not know what vanity is! Thanks Tanja. 🙂
These guys are lucky that you have a warm heart, my friend! They can always find food at your home, even on cold days. We have a cool day (for FL) as well today – at 50 F this morning.
You know that I’m like you, we love birds and Nature. We’ve been having very cold days lately. Just bundle up my friend! 🙂