Our low for the winter - the indoor/outdoor thermometer over the kitchen sink (30 January).
Various photos of plants, flowers, birds, and other miscellania taken at 1177 Lincoln Avenue.
Our low for the winter - the indoor/outdoor thermometer over the kitchen sink (30 January).
Five days later and it's still bitter cold - this squirrel is using its tail as a windbreaker (04 February).
A squirrel foraging under the bird feeders in the middle of a snow storm (07 February).
February set the record as the snowiest February, and made the top 10 snowiest months on record. The bistro set by the pond shows the accumulation of snow and the month isn't over yet (12 February)
Looking out the kitchen window in the evening (12 February)
The robins made the heated bird bath their own for a couple of weeks - there were days where I refilled the basin 4-5 times (26 February).
One of the photos I posted on Facebook as the "yeti maw" because it looks like we've been swallowed by the abominable snowman (02 March).
The "yeti maw" as seen from the outside (03 March).
One of the robins (Turdus migratorius) visiting the heated bird bath - I like this shot because of the texture of the orange feathers (04 March).
The way to the vegetable garden was impassable - we told our snow shoveller that he should go through the garage to get to the back alley to shovel. The snow between the raised bed and garage which was about 3-4 feet deep was augmented by drifting (04 March).
The unheated bird bath (05 March).
Dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis) are usually ground feeders, but occasionally they will alight on higher structures like the arbor, or even the bird feeders (06 March).
One 'last' snow fall before the spring melt began the following week (09 March 2019).
House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) in the Cornelian cherry between bands of snow. Another April blizzard hits the Twin Cities (10 April).
Two Downy woodpeckers (Dryobates pubescens) on the peanut feeder, male with the red patch, female without, is an unusual occurrence. Downys are smaller than hairy woodpeckers with shorter beaks but all other markings and coloration is the same (11 April).
Despite the snow, this male goldfinch (Spinus tristis) is almost in his summer molt (11 April).
A blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) on the peanut feeder (11 April).
A week later, the last of the snow succumbs to a cold spring rain (17 April).
Jonathan's Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) in flower (22 April).
The hibiscus planted in the pots on the front steps (01 June).
The nasturtiums seem to be taking over the pot - the other pot also (01 July).
Free-range strawberries from the back yard - there's still quite a few berries still out there (06 July).
A monarch butterfly on a flower in one of the pots on the front steps (28 August).
A juvenile Cooper's hawk on the arbor in the back yard - the arbor has a hops vine growing on it (30 August).
The CHristmas cactus is ready for the holidays already (11 November).