Sunday, March 9, 2008

When the wind blows.....

Our snow disappeared almost as quickly as it came. The day began covered in white, but by mid-day, it was pretty much gone. However the wind was really blowing early and the birds took on a very "ruffled" look as they visited the feeders!

I don't usually have two Titmice on the same feeder...I actually saw 3 out there at one time today. You can sure tell who is on the windy side :-)

Titmouse having a "bad hair day" in the wind....straight up!


The cardinal caught the wind with his tail....doing an imitation of a wren?

Mrs. Cardinal took the "close your eyes and hunch down into your shoulders approach".

.....And of course we have the "wren ruffle"


The Grackle didn't get ruffled, but really enjoyed the puddles left from the melting snow to drink!

8 comments:

Mike said...

Great photos Mary, those Titmice are lovely looking. Mike.

Mary said...

Thanks, again! The Titmouse was really cute, the way his topknot would fly up in the air. He's such a little bird to fight the wind :-)

Anne på Moseplassen said...

oh my
What fun pictures and comments *lol*

Mary said...

Thanks Mosefruen!

Sandpiper (Lin) said...

Wonderful pictures! I can almost feel the wind blowing from here. Brrrrr ;-)

Mary said...

Hello Sandpiper! Thanks for the nice words.

Kingsdowner said...

Love the titmice!

Mary said...

Thanks Kingsdowner! They really did look funny when the feathers kept being blown upwards :-)