Birdies, it’s cold outside! Feeders to the rescue!

Temperatures have been in the teens and twenties in Everett for a couple of days, which is pretty unusual around here in Western Washington.  We have been very fortunate not to lose power, and our backyard bird feeders have been very busy.  This morning, we got a little flock of Common Bushtits, who fluttered back …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 136: Subjects starting with the Letter “S”

So.....  In a month characterized by a nationwide Snow Storm, that left Streets Slippery with Snow and ice, where do we begin? How about with a triple-S photo:  Song Sparrow in the Snow, taken just last week. And how about his Snow-buddy, our Squirrel? From a prior year, a Snowy Street, right in front of …

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