Birds in the Snow

Well, not in the snow. But although the day was bright and sunny, it was cold and there was a lot of snow on the ground. That evening, as we drove went along Kenilworth Avenue and then through the Ag Station on Powdermill, we could see patches of grass, particularly under trees and on the roadside. And wherever there was grass, there were birds: a score of robins with a few starlings, lots of geese, dozens of crows. But I got these shots in the morning.

First, appropriately, a snowbird - a dark-eyed junco.

Chick-chick-chickadee!


A couple of robins - there were ten or twelve, all told.




Two of the fifteen or so gulls


A blackbird - grackle - at the top of a tree


And the crow one step higher up. (This isn't my best picture of him, but for some reason Blogger insists on flipping the other one. I have tried flipping the picture, but then Blogger shows it correctly. You got me...)