Prayers for your husband and for you at this difficult time.
Bitter cold here and we also have snow. Further east, there have been strong winds and power outages. This weekend, we’ll be down to single digits, perhaps ‘one’ or ‘zero’ at night. Next week, we are supposed to experience a ‘January thaw’ - highs in the 40’s, which will feel positively balmy after the last two weeks.
Before the snow hit on Wednesday, I went to the feed store and replenished my bird seed supply. The little guys (and gals) are chowing down like crazy in this weather. I’m seeing birds at the feeders before sunrise (just getting light) which is not ‘the usual’. All the birds are puffing up their feathers to stay warm - the doves are huge! Flocks of red-winged blackbirds are in the area - one flock found the feeders yesterday afternoon - I don’t begrudge them some food, but there are so many, they take over and dominate. There are quite a few woodpeckers coming to the suet cakes - several different ones - red-bellied, flickers, downies, etc. The nuthatches seem to like suet, too. There is one eastern towhee at the feeders - handsome bird & not afraid to tangle with the male cardinals over a sunflower seed. We are fortunate that our place is loaded with birds all year long and we really enjoy them.
Thanks for the prayers. Your birds are lucky. We don’t do much that way, and I don’t recall seeing birds in the winter here- maybe that is why. Don’t see squirrels either, but I know they are here.