Greetings and Salutations, Y'all!
Over the last weekend, my little corner of Dixie experienced something that we rarely get, even during the winter months: an actual accumulation of snow.
This was due to a powerful bomb cyclone and winter storm that hit the American Southeast over the weekend of Saturday, January 31st and Sunday, February 1st, which dropped a large amount of snow -- about six inches deep where I live in Chester County, South Carolina....deeper in other places! Thankfully, despite this unexpected blast of severe winter weather that did end up causing power disruptions and a few serious injuries and even deaths; where I live there were no major power outages, or any serious injuries.
Both during the storm and the days after, my backyard was a winter wonderland that I enjoyed watching visiting backyard birds from the comfort of my heated office with a nice mug of hot chocolate. The beautiful feathered visitors and their various colors contrasted wonderfully with the white background and with the bushes at the back of my yard.
From my window facing my backyard bird feeders I was able to capture some outstanding photos of these winter visitors, among which include: male and female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), Black-Capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus), Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura), Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor), Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus), Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), a female American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) as well as a Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) that I captured briefly in one photo.
Here are the photos I took over the weekend of the winter storm and its aftermath between January 31st and February 2nd of these gorgeous backyard birds in my snow-covered yard....along with a few appearances of my backyard buddy, Loki the cat (aka Mr. Kitteh).
This was due to a powerful bomb cyclone and winter storm that hit the American Southeast over the weekend of Saturday, January 31st and Sunday, February 1st, which dropped a large amount of snow -- about six inches deep where I live in Chester County, South Carolina....deeper in other places! Thankfully, despite this unexpected blast of severe winter weather that did end up causing power disruptions and a few serious injuries and even deaths; where I live there were no major power outages, or any serious injuries.
Both during the storm and the days after, my backyard was a winter wonderland that I enjoyed watching visiting backyard birds from the comfort of my heated office with a nice mug of hot chocolate. The beautiful feathered visitors and their various colors contrasted wonderfully with the white background and with the bushes at the back of my yard.
From my window facing my backyard bird feeders I was able to capture some outstanding photos of these winter visitors, among which include: male and female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), Black-Capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus), Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura), Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor), Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus), Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), a female American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) as well as a Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) that I captured briefly in one photo.
Here are the photos I took over the weekend of the winter storm and its aftermath between January 31st and February 2nd of these gorgeous backyard birds in my snow-covered yard....along with a few appearances of my backyard buddy, Loki the cat (aka Mr. Kitteh).
As usual, I hope y'all enjoyed my photos of these backyard birds as much as I enjoy posting them. Its a joy for me to share these images of these remarkable creature with all of you. Until next time have a wonderful Dixie day and y'all come back now, you hear!
