Most of winter’s birds (at least in our central Wisconsin yard and except for Blue Jays and Northern Cardinals) are rather drab.
Slowly, however, bits of color are arriving. The grass is beginning to green, although the deciduous trees at best have buds. No green leaves on them yet. The male American Goldfinches that have been around all winter now are splotchily becoming more yellow.
Today a pair of Purple Finches were very briefly at our feeding area.. The male ate seeds below her and then they both flitted off.
While not a bird, and not as colorful, it is fun to watch the chipmunks, which have emerged from wherever they winter, zip over to the feeders. I don’t begrudge them the seeds they stuff into their cheeks. And I really don’t mind the much more numerous squirrels, most of the time.
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