This whole weekend has been perishingly cold. This morning the wind-chill is closing in on minus fifty! The temperature is to go down into the minus thirties this evening again. We haven't bothered to venture out so I can report on birds at the feeder. There is not much variety.
A few more house sparrows (photo) have visited the feeder but at most I have seen three at a time not large flocks as in the fall. There are just as many if not more black-capped chickadees. Finally there are just a very few red-breasted nuthatches. The feeder is actually a bit busier than before the really cold weather hit.
The cold would not be bad if it were not for the wind. Although there has been no snow to speak of there were blizzard conditions from blowing snow yesterday and many highways had to be closed because of zero visibility.
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