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Eliza Waters 
So very familiar!🍙👍
Yup, spring normal!
Those birds must be happy to find the feeders!
They wait in flocks for the feeders to come out every morning and then descend. The storms are esp. busy. 🙂
Yes. I am looking at a mass of April snow on the mountains of SoCal out my window. Not normal at all. But it is raining again now.
You’ve had a good water year so far, fills the aquifers!
So unusual in your photo Eliza…black and white all over…until the top and bottom of that feeder is a bright yellow. Almost a shock in such a world. Probably the lighthouse that guides the birds in. Great share, thank you 🤗🤣❤️🙏
Thanks, Mark. The monochrome of winter does get monotonous! 😉
Probably why the birds are such a delight to share with 😀❤️🙏
Absolutely, they are life in a seemingly lifeless landscape. 💕
I love snow, but maybe not in April…
Yes, it is a bit of a psychological battle. 😉
My son sent pictures of their latest fall of snow in Norway – just when their garden was looking spring-like. I like seeing the birds feeding on the snow.
Yes, spring surprises that cover up all the emerging bulbs. Luckily, they are tough.
This time of year lots of folks put away their feeders (bears active) but I think this is a critical time just as they are preparing to nest and natural food supplies are diminished.
So lovely birds!
Thank you, they feed my soul. 🙂
I can relate to what you said, Eliza. I always enjoy the chirping of birds in the morning. I feel like they are communicating to my heart. Thank to God that these birds are still around here.
Chilly!
It surely has been the past couple weeks, bound to warm up eventually!
Hopefully
Ah, yes, the white April landscape. 🙂
Yup, luckily, it doesn’t last long. 🙂
There are people who laughed at me when I proposed that the boys’ basketball tournament blizzard continues to be a real thing, although ‘blizzard’ might be a bit much. It looks like you have a little proof of that traditional late spring snow that I grew up with! Both photos are delightful, but I especially like the birds.
Thank you, Linda. It was a feeding frenzy out there for hours!
It’s a good thing you feed those hungry babies!
So rewarding to see so many… very hungry!
Well-fed Juncos and Goldfinches. Hmmmm, more snow…’patience is a virtue’ is put to the test, again!
Yes, should be all gone in the next few days… hopefully no more coming!
Wow! How many inches? A rare “spring” wonderland. Love all the little juncos!
A little of 5″… north and east of us got over a foot. The big birdie customers of the day were juncos and finches. Lots of activity!
How much did you get? We got about a foot. I will post pictures tomorrow. The birds flocked to our feeders the same way that the birds flocked to yours.
We got a little over 5″, super-heavy mix. Melting now, yes! There is a dearth of natural food for them this time of year, so we’re glad to help feed them.
Same!
How pretty—and how different from fields of wildflowers on the same date. Looks like your avian almsgiving paid off.
Yes, we are months apart with about a 40º difference at this point. We love feeding the birds, they are great to see in the bleak winter.
The last words in your reply call up a beautiful song.
That’s a good one, thanks!
Hopefully it will be the last snow. I remember a March snow when we lived in CT and my husband couldn’t get home as they ran out of treatment for the roads.
I’m hoping it is the last… temps predicted to be 50-60s this week (Tues. 69º!)
It does look peaceful. On Friday morning when I walked to work it looked like that, and now everything is gone….again. Where going to have temperatures in the 50’s this coming week, and hopefully the snow is gone for the season. Hopefully, it might still come for a few more visits. When I lived further north as a child we had a tradition of snowboarding on Midsummer’s Eve (we did have to hike pretty far up on the mountain to do it.)
Thanks, Maria. They are predicting 50-60s this week here, too, so I’m thinking this is the end of it. I just it doesn’t warm up too fast… I like a long cool spring. 🙂
Sounds like Mt. Hood with its year round riding. My sons went there a couple summers as teens (and got up to all types of mischief!).
Such a peaceful scene in the first photo, but I’m glad you’ve got it and not me! The second photo, with all those hungry birds, looks like something Monk would love — I think he delights in flushing birds out en masse!
Thank you, Debbie. There was certainly a constant flurry of wings that day!
Pretty as it is, and it IS pretty… I am a tad done with the white stuff!
Love these two images; the second one in particular!
Thank you, Dale. It is a bit like a game of Chutes and Ladders, you think you are almost there and boom, back to the bottom you go! 😀
Haha! Yes! Perfect comparison 😊
Happy little birdies!
That they are! (So are we 🙂 )
And the white stuff is drawing lots of customers to your feeders!
It truly is!
Well, it’s pretty. The birds don’t seem bothered – they clearly know where to hang out.
Thank you, Kris. They can get quite indignant if we’re late getting those feeders out! 😀
Haha! Yes! Perfect comparison 😊
So pretty… in January. I hope it melts quickly. The birds know where to drop by for a snack 😊
Thanks, Belinda. It reached 50F today… going fast!
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Great feeeding spot. The birds know where to go when there’s snow on the ground!
Yes, one of the last few fast food restaurants still open this time of year. 😉
Absolutely love spring storms. Had hoped some would fly around here, instead all we got was crazy winds. 😦
I’m glad the snow doesn’t last long, but it was very hard to move that heavy mix around. Let’s hope Ma Nature is done fooling around!
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Pretty scenes and images. You got more than we did, 50F today as well. Found the first bloodroot of the year this afternoon (yay!).
Thank you, Tom. The warm-up this week ought to finish off the last of the white stuff. I’ll have to check my bloodroot patch and see if any have poked through. Still early for us, but soon!
That is lovely!
Thank you, Donna. It melts quickly this time of year, thankfully. 🙂
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Oh, no!
Luckily, melting fast! 🙂 👍🏼
I always love the bird parties that happen during snowy days and I hope that’s your last snowy day of the season!🙂
Thanks, me too! 🙏🏼
It looks so pretty, even if by now we would prefer for the moisture to arrive in the form of rain. I hope it wasn’t too cold so your burgeoning plants didn’t suffer much.
Thank you, Tanja. Yes, thankfully, everything came through fine and this week has been warm… and now we’re getting several days of rain. The sun is boycotting us!
I hope it will show its warm face sometime soon! 🌞
I suppose you are cursing the snow, but gosh it looks pretty. ❤
It is hard when winter lingers and we are anxious for spring, but late snow melts fast thankfully. 🙂
I also feed the birds. Don’t have snow in Queensland in Aussie. But so many especially during the rainy days. And now so much of rain 🙂
Birds are always a joy to see. 💕