Saturday, April 12, 2008

Snowy visitors

Our neighborhood is right next to the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. Here's what is going on in our neck of the woods. It has been snowing since Thursday afternoon. Everything is now covered under a blanket of snow. We have spent the first part of the day watching the birds dine on the sunflower seeds in the feeder on our deck. My husband thought the birds looked hungry so he so proceeded to spread handfuls of seed all over the yard. The next time we looked out the windows, the yard was full of birds. There were probably 300 birds out there! In addition to mostly dark eyed juncos, we spotted chipping sparrows and fox sparrows. I had never seen a fox sparrow before and enjoyed watching them scratch like chickens at the food.

Bethany

http://www.exploresherburne.org/

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