Starlings are beautiful........

So another post on birds, today the big ones came in. Blue Jays included. Yesterday it was all the little ones. It is a bright sunny and very cold day. Sun enough to get the birds out anyway. I shoveled the deck so I could get food out. I miss the Crows who used to come all the time, don't see them now.

That powder blue sky. I just love it. The Starlings are so beautiful in the sunshine.


You could tell they were really cold though, they were fluffed and had feet under their fluff.


The Chickadees were here as usual also fluffed up.


In the garden the snow created some lovely sculptures

The Pine trees looked beautiful. We had a load more snow overnight


I made some fatty treats for the birds today. I had some rice krispies that were stale and so mixed them with Coconut oil that was solid and some lard and peanut butter. That went over well. Birds need fat to keep them warm. It will freeze solid and be gone before it can go off. I usually put a bunch of seeds and nuts in it but this time I wanted to get rid of the rice krispies.


The girls have been so cold when they go out. Poor Brea could hardly walk back inside, she came on 3 legs. Here she is warming up.

Laying on a grey fluffy blanket with a heater under it, it's hard to see them sometimes

Here is Bella



Everyone is so hungry. The squirrels had gone for a nap so the birds come in when that happens. I feed them well.

The roads are ploughed but the snow banks are growing.

I love this picture