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I woke up Friday morning pretty early to go birding with a group I’m in. When I opened the garage door to leave I discovered there was snow on the ground and flurries still swirling.
I was heading about an hour northeast from home so, I checked my email to make sure they hadn’t canceled the outing…they hadn’t so off I went.
It wasn’t snowing when I arrived at the meeting spot but, while birding the snow started to fall pretty heavy. It wasn’t in the weather forecast the day before! It was still a good morning of birding. We saw 22 species of birds. One White-crown Sparrow favored us with a nice look perched on snowy grass.
By the time we left it had quit snowing so my drive home was easy, and while the snow was sticking to the ground where I was birding it hadn’t had home. The upcoming 10 day forecast looks like we’re snow free.
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Your photo would make a lovely Christmas card! Just beautiful
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Thank you so much, Jill!
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Nice!
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Thank you so much, Caleb!
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Some of my fondest memories are of birding with friends during snowstorms.
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It sure makes for a memorable outing doesn’t it. 😊
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Just enough snow to capture this gorgeous photo!
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Thank you so much, Jennie! We’ve having storms so the snow is piling up on the mountains. I just read they’re going open the ski resorts this weekend.
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Wow! It seems like the trees were in full color only a few weeks ago. I’m nor ready for snow.
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Winter is pushing Fall out here. It seems like it’s always in a hurry to get going then has a hard time letting Spring in doesn’t it.
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Yes it does, but more where you are. You have mountains, and New Englanders think we have mountains.😀
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I’d love to see your mountains one day and compare them. I’ve never been to any of the New England states. Maybe some day I’ll fix that!
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They are beautiful, but for people who have been in the Cascade mountains (like me, feeling like an overwhelmed three-year-old), they are not really mountains. I do hope you get to New England one day. Our White mountains are perfect for hiking and birding.
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Looks great! I hope we get snow this winter.
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Thank you!!
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The snow on the dry grass is a nice touch that enhances your sparrow portrait.
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I thought the snow did too. Thank you so much, Steve.
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What a little star in this finely composed shot 😊
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Thank you so much, Belinda! 😊
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Amazing how these small birds survive the cold and frosty conditions of snow and ice Deborah. This is something we do not have to contend with here. The closest we come to ice is hail.
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Thank you so much, Ashley! What is the lowest temperature you reach in the middle of winter?
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Hi Deborah, our lowest temp on the east coast is around 4°C (39°F) but only infrequently on early winter mornings otherwise the only places that snow are the highest mountains on our Great Dividing Range between Sydney and Melbourne, we call the Snowy Mountains area where our highest mountain is. A few other high mountains snow occasionally on freak cold days in winter.
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That’s a cracking shot and we might get a little of the white stuff this coming week, yuk!
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Thank you so much, Brian! Bundle up! The first snow of the season is special though isn’t it.
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I can live with out it and the cold 🥶
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I’m not a big fan of the cold but, still love the snow…shoveling it…not so much! 😊
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Lovely photo. Real feel here of 62 right now, and I have perennials and blueberries flowering. We need winter weather because the trees, shrubs, and plants do not know what to do. It concerns me about spring crops.
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Wow! That’s late. I wonder when Winter does arrive there if it will come in hard and furious? Then it never seems to want to leave once it does arrive.
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Excellent photo of a white crowd sparrow on a snowy day!
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Thank you so much, John!
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A terrific shot, Deborah. That sparrow looks a little chilly.
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Such a lovely photo! The unexpected snow was a gift.
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Thank you so much, Janis! That’s exactly how it felt…like a gift.😊
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Wow! Deborah, that is a stunning photo. That is winter postcard beautiful.
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Thank you so much, Dan! I was thrilled it posed for a few seconds.
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Your photo is beautiful! Such a cutie. Snow? You can keep it… 🤭🥶
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Thank you, John! LOL! When you get snow in the mountains I imagine it makes the valley much colder. You must be having the winds we had last week. Hold on to yer hat! 🍃
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Windstorms are more frequent in winter here, sometimes the wing can gust up to 60mph! My house makes cracking noises at that point. 💀
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Verses us who has high and strong gusty winds all year long.
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That seems a bummer… I find that after a three-day blow it becomes a pain in the bum…
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There’s nothing like decorative snow! It’s a lovely setting for your little bird. It could be my imagination, but it looks to be slightly puffed up against the cold.
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Thank you so much, Linda! I think it was slightly puffed up for warmth.
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I like the picture a lot Deborah. The bright yellow-orange of the grass, the white of the snow and the bit chilly looking sparrow against the dark grey of the background. Beautiful
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Thank you so much, Peter! It was a gray morning, but this cute White-crown brightened up the morning.
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So Beautiful! And the snow! Nice!
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Thank you! 😊
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Beautiful photo but snow! Oh my, I love it when it first arrives, so pretty. But in a few months, not so charmed.
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Thank you, Ally! I was surprised to have snow down here. It’s all gone down here, but the mountains look gorgeous.
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