The third weekend of January 2026 brought with it an ice storm that hit my little corner of South Carolina, though thankfully not as hard as it hit other places. My electricity did not go out -- thankfully! -- and no personal hardships for your favorite blogger in terms of home damages, or worse.
In the day leading up to the winter storm and the days following, I had several different varieties of feathered backyard visitors arriving to either eat from my feeders, or hunt on the ground.
The birds included the usual ones: the male and female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), Black-Capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus), Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura), and the Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) that shows up usually in the morning hours. There were some new additions, including a couple of beautiful Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata), the Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) and a lovely Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia).
Here are the photos I took between January 22nd and January 27th of these backyard birds.
In the day leading up to the winter storm and the days following, I had several different varieties of feathered backyard visitors arriving to either eat from my feeders, or hunt on the ground.
The birds included the usual ones: the male and female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), Black-Capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus), Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura), and the Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) that shows up usually in the morning hours. There were some new additions, including a couple of beautiful Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata), the Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) and a lovely Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia).
Here are the photos I took between January 22nd and January 27th of these backyard birds.
More backyard birds coming soon.
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