Denise had organized the trash piles and raked up the indestructible magnolia leaves prior to the cold weather.
I did re-fill the birdfeeder Thursday before the freezing weather hit, and there was an absolute frenzy of eating going on the next morning. We had a bunch of cardinals taking advantage of the energy-rich black sunflower seeds.
Out front we had some kind of sap-sucker or something on the sick-amore.
This afternoon, I switched to the telephoto lens and sat on the porch enjoying (much) warmer weather and blue skies. Even old Buck was dozing in the sun while I waited to add to my "critters from the porch" collection.
The feeding frenzy had slowed down, but a variety of small birds took advantage of the nice weather to load up on calories.
I'm no bird expert, but we had some kind of finch, chickadees, a wild sparrow of some type (dusky?), a Carolina wren, and a titmouse.
I've also seen some big, full plumage blue jays and some wood thrushes, but they didn't show while I was siting there. The pileated woodpeckers have also been hanging around, but not while I had the camera ready.
Nothing exciting on the trailcams (read - no big game). But I'll keep up the feature with what I've found.
The Scott-cam out back continues to hang up (feeding failure). I spin some corn by hand when I make my weekly check. Even the coons are trying to fix it.
I brought a consultant with me last weekend, but it didn't help.
There was even an alien intervention (pretty spooky, actually) that interrupted a coon feast.
And this is either my disappointment at a lack of deer pictures or my attempt to be a poster child for a constipation advertisement...either way, it was quite chilly that morning.
We're supposed to get some more of this frozen weather mid-week, so D has prepped the remaining bedroom for painting. We've never been closer to getting this place in shape!
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