First Snow

Good morning! It's a chilly 27°F morning in Littleton, with our first measurable layer of snow out there! The birds were excitedly crowding our feeders this morning, much earlier than usual.

There was a lot of activity on this bird feeder, while we were enjoying our breakfast, before Jennefer headed off to work. Jennefer noticed the birds on the higher perches couldn't get to the seeds, as the feeder had run down a little. But they were happy to perch up there, and wait their turn for the lower more fruitful perches.

 

Two house finches enjoying the tire swing bird feeder.

 

 

 

I had to interrupt my breakfast, to go out and top off the contents of the bird feeder, as I couldn’t stand watching the birds on the higher perches not be able to get to any of the seeds. Here's the crowded freshly filled feeder, with incoming traffic on final approach :-)

 

 

Lots of squirrel footprints in the snow; Yep, they were also out early. The squirrels are amazing. Sometimes they get along really well. Other times, they are rolling around the deck, fighting over who gets to have all the seeds.