Cold Week.

3-6-19 SHORT HILLS: That anticipated next storm dumped up to six inches of wet snow on our corner of NJ. It was heavy and wet and bent the bushes to the ground, but, by afternoon, it was warm enough to allow most of the shrubs to shake free. Since then it has been very cold, into the single digits at night.

The birds have been draining the feeders almost daily.

I forgot to mention before we went to Florida that one snow drop was up and showed a white flower bud, but it is now buried in the snow. I’ll show it when it melts out someday, perhaps, hopefully, next week.

New blooms: snowdrop.


These guys, the cardinals, really stand out against the snow.

House sparrow is fluffed up against the cold in his own down coat.

A pair of house finches are just a few inches apart, but he is in better focus here...

And she is focused in this image.

Red-bellied woodpecker, doesn't that seem like the wrong name?

Here's what we got last Sunday/Monday. It was only 5-6 inches but it covered everything...

Until it warmed up in the afternoon, and most of the trees and shrubs shook off the snow.