We have had mostly sunny days in the forties. The snow is crunchy or soft depending its sun exposure. Snowshoes are a must to keep us on top of the snow.
We had dinner with Shari and Dave last night and Ken and Jane are on for tonight.
Kaley has learned the Invisible Fence system and is also fully integrated into the pack.
Last year’s crab apples are still on the trees, as I mentioned in the previous post. They are a big food source for birds, especially the non-feeder birds. A mixed flock of cedar waxwings and robins has been in those trees for the past few days.
Our neighbor Steve has been sugaring for a few weeks. Lots of our sugar maples are wearing silver buckets, and there are tractor tracks in the pasture from when the collecting is done.
Cedar Waxwing, one of a flock eating last years apples. Catch the orange on the wing and the yellow on the tail and the mask.
A few robins are also eating apples.
From the back the waxwings show those two white streaks.
Waxwing, female or immature.
Kaley, facing us, has fit into the pack, with Gus, Maizie and Bally.
Sap buckets on sugar maples are a sure sign of spring out there somewhere.
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