Today continues the melting of snow received this past week. Wife was trying to decide if she should spread the grass seed out on the snow so that when the snow melts the seeds will be sucked down into the ground with moisture to germinate for a lush Spring and Summer grass. I wonder how many birds will be attacking the grass seed?
The back yard has been fairly calm the past few days. Plenty of feed out for the birds but not a lot of birds taking advantage. This morning a common grackle, lonely dove, our downy woodpecker and a red bellied woodpecker could be spotted in the trees.
Several squirrels were sneaking around in the trees this morning but none had ventured out to feast on the corn. I would have thought with the warmer weather that more activity would be occurring.
According to the Central Illinois Birding Forum google group more sighting of predator birds have been noted around Woodford and McLean counties. Eagles have been spotted flying overhead as close as Normal, Hawks are in abundance, and both long eared and short eared owls have been nesting in the area. I haven't spotted any of these creatures near our back yard, but not seeing some of the regular juncos, gold finches and sparrows kind of makes me wonder what is keeping them away. We have had a pair of cardinals that appear late at night but not the numbers we have had in the past.
No new pictures as how many photos can you take of a squirrel or a Downey woodpecker? Snow is everywhere so even the snow and melting drifts aren't picturesque.
The good news is that a month from now Spring will be here!
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