This is not the first major storm on the second day of December. There was a blizzard in Boston in December in the mid-1990s. The thing is, when we got significant early snow, it generally means that it’s going to be a rough winter. A snowy winter. Last year was, as we say around here, a piece of cake.
Not this year.
Oh how much I want to be wrong about this. And, you never know. We might have a month of fine weather after this. Even two months. It has happened. In terms of weather? If you live around here, EVERYTHING has happened and not just once.
The birds were really hungry today. There were flocks of them surrounding the feeders. I know the squirrels line up in the morning and I let them have the morning to feed, but by lunchtime, it’s time to let the rest of the wildlife have some food. If it were possible to actually reason with the feathery and furry crew, I’d explain that they could share. Squirrels on one feeder, birds on the other.
Sharing!
In fact, I have a picture — something you never see: a Chickadee and a squirrel together on one feeder. If a squirrel and a Chickadee can do it, why can’t our senators and congresspeople be equally reasonable?
Share this:
Categories: #animals, #Birds, #gallery, #Photography, #Squirrel, Blackstone Valley, Marilyn Armstrong, Wildlife
GROWLING AT THE SQUIRRELS – Marilyn Armstrong 
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 
That is a pretty spectacular picture. I hope you enjoy a decent winter by that I mean less than 4 ft. of snow since Ive seen picture…you get snow!
LikeLike
Yes. We get more snow than Montreal and on a bad year, more snow than Maine, though they typically get at least 10 feet of snow every year. But our weather is erratic and every once in awhile, we don’t get snow at all … and that has always been true. Probably because of the winds from the nearby Atlantic ocean for any area 30 to 50 miles from the coast. Further inland is a different story.
LikeLike
Its a case of never knowing exactly what to expect. YOu can surmise but you never quite can predict, is that it?
LikeLike
My niece posted the cutest real photo of her cat (inside) nose to nose with a squirrel. 😃
LikeLike
Cats don’t seem to have it in for the squirrels the way dogs do. It’s something about the way they move that triggers dogs to bark and run after them. Good thing they can’t climb trees. We’d be un-treeing our dogs all winter long!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Cats here like to stalk them. Squirrels tease them all the time.
LikeLike
For a dog, it’s the movements of the squirrels. It makes them crazy.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ah, “My Little Chickadee”.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Over two feet and it is still snowing…
LikeLiked by 1 person
We got The Rest of the Snow last night and this morning. I don’t think it has hit two feet, but it’s damned close. I hope we get cleared out soon. We’re going to run out of food … like … soon. And the deliveries and the medications are all somewhere else. Sigh. Winter, bah, humbug.
Oops. We topped two feet by mid-morning yesterday. Winter is so miserable.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I just got in from shoveling – it was harder today because I had to put it all on top of 10 foot snow banks…
LikeLike
Garry, at age 77, is in a state of pain. He will need some time before he does any more shoveling. I’m really beginning to hate winter. It was fun when I was younger. Now, it’s just fear of falling and being trapped in the house waiting for a plow (with a 200-foot slanted driveway, aka “The Bunny Slope,” it’s murder in the winter.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Long winters is one reason I am slowly moving to the Cape – They do have snow storms, and I’ve been in a few blizzards there, but the amount of snow is no where near NH levels, and the salty air makes it melt quicker. Summers are cooler (I hate hot weather worse than cold since I can wear layers of wool in the winter), but spring there is awful.
I’m sure Garry is in pain – I’m a little stiff after two days of shoveling about three hours each day….
LikeLike
…and snowing. Bah humbug!
LikeLiked by 1 person
It finally ended and none in the forecast, which is great since I have nowhere to put it if any did fall…
LikeLike
I’m predicting an early spring. Sometime around groundhog day the weather will clear up and depart.
Leslie
LikeLike
I hope it’s sooner than that. We are really going to need to shop. Soon!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Maybe January 1st?
LikeLike
Squirrels and birds living together! What is the world coming to?
LikeLike
I know. Amazing, isn’t it? If THEY can manage it, how about humans because after all, we’re so much smarter!
LikeLike