Feathered Friends on Ice

There are little icicles hanging off of everything this weekend and they provided a unique opportunity for some icy bird photos.

Northern Flicker and Downy Woodpecker.

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Downy Woodpeckers are the smallest Woodpeckers in North America.

Downy Woodpecker

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American Goldfinch

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They will turn a brilliant yellow in the spring. This little finch is not at all happy with this intruder!

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HaHa! That GoIdfinch looks pretty perturbed with that well fed squirrel. I feel so bad for you having ice but it did make for some beautiful photos.

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We have more snow and colder temps in the forecast, but we have been lucky up to now!

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I hope your luck holds out for you. I hate this weather!

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You get such great clear photos.

Beautiful !

I need a really good camera I think. :)

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Thanks, but I may just be lucky that my camera is smarter than I am!

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That’s a fat squirrel!!
Nice look at the birds! Good shots!

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Amazing images! All birds look awesome in that icy background. So does the intruder. 😀

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Thanks! Those ice drips were pretty amazing. I'm not sure I have ever seen that happen before.

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Love the icicles Melinda, I was intrigued with them in Antartica. They are so foreign to our sub tropical climate.

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I do enjoy our changing seasons, as long as I don't have to go out in the cold and can watch it through the window!

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Please Melinda tell me how is the host for the featheredfriday tag. I am such a dag trying to remember them all that I have decided to write them down.😊

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hAHA! Is that squirrel able to get much of that food? Those are such good shots and the birds are beautiful! !ENGAGE 100

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We had to wrap the seed cylinder in hardware cloth to keep him from eating it all in one sitting. The smaller holes slows him down a bit! Thanks for the Tokens. You are very generous!

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Oh, that's a great fix on the feeder. Do you feed the squirrels food also? My pleasure about the tokens!

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My daughter feeds the Squirrels a handful of peanuts everyday and they are always under the bird feeder out in the yard looking for seeds that the birds drop, but I don't feed them. They would be an expensive habit!

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Oh I get it. And they would be at your back door everyday expecting to be fed! The neighbor squirrels would also show up!

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Exactly! My daughter gave me a security camera for Christmas and today I could hear a noise at my front door. On the camera app I could see two squirrels at the front door, and one was on his hind legs scratching at the door. They would definitely eat me out of house and home!

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Oh wow! lol..they know where the food is don't they?

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They do! I keep the birdseed in metal garbage cans in the garage. Otherwise I'd be over run with critters!

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I guess the houses aren't very close together there so you draw them in from a good distance I bet.

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I had coyotes in my yard last night! That was the first time I was aware of them. They created quite a ruckus right under my bedroom window and this morning Alli tracked them through the little snow we have left on the ground. Squirrels beware!

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Oh wow! They must be getting hungry, yes squirrels beware for sure! I haven't seen one for months but we still hear them at night.

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I emailed you the recording I made of them singing. I wonder if they will come back?

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Oh you made a recording! wow very cool. I guess I haven't checked my email since this morning. That's very interesting, like are they just passing through or have they moved into your area?

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If I could take photos like these through the window, I wouldn't go out neither, lol. These are magical picks 😍

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Thanks, The sun is out today in a rare winter appearance and it is showing me how dirty my windows are! Oh well, they are going to have to wait for warmer temperatures before I can do anything about it.

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Oh windows! Now you sounds like my mom, lol.

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I only care about the ones I like to take photos through! My mom washed windows whether they needed it or not!

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That's a lot of ice! I hope the food isn't frozen too.

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