Waiting for Warm....

2-7-15 SHORT HILLS: It has remained cold, but the afternoons are a bit warmer. We are supposed to get more snow this weekend. My memories of NJ winters of the past are snowstorms dropping a few inches that would disappear after a week or so without persistent snow cover and without persistent cold.

We had a nice dinner with Lynn and Bill a few nights ago, and tonight we see Leeza and Roger in the city.

The birds drain the feeders every day.


House Sparrow, male, is actually a finch, as you might guess from the beak. Out-of-focus female is behind the male.

Slate-colored Junco.

Downy Woodpecker, female has no red yarmulke like the male. The Hairy woodpecker is very similar but bigger with a more prominent beak, but no black markings on the lateral, white tail feathers.