COLD AND RAIN AND THE HUNT FOR CALORIES

There is much calory-counting in our garden. This is not weight-watcher calory counting. This is calory counting by birds intent on having enough body heat to survive the next impending sub-freezing night. And around our garden feeders the hunt for calories makes for food-sharing that is never seen in summer. Click on large image for full screen view. Hwere we have Black-capped Chickadee and Downy sharing the suet.

Here’s a Junco coming for a landing as nuthatch feeds.

Later hetre’s another Junco coming to land next to a Black-capped Chickadee already on the suet.

Downy and Nuthatch share the suet.

HJairy Woodpecker on the suet log.

Mourning Dove and Junco share the grain on the porch.

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