Date: 2/8/26 11:20 am From: catherine paris <cparis12010...> Subject: A bird's superbowl?
Of life.
Both Mr and Mrs bluebird showed up 3 days ago.
Profound drought, severe cold then 12 inches of powder with single digits for 10 days.
Astounded by the fact that underneath a shovel full it was bone dry. 8 days later the dirt road grader cleared the road below with the same result. Snow evaporated instead of melting. Antarctica is a desert too.
How did they survive? My roof stayed covered with snow. Creeks are so low that every meager pothole of water froze. They weren't at my feeders/water. Possibly heated horse trough? Hiding in houses?
2 Carolina wrens showed the day before. South of me was snow covered with ice.
2 yellow rumps and a mockingbird came daily to my bird bath to drink throughout. Interestingly, both specie "chewed" their water after dipping.
Amazing really.
Cheers,
Catherine Paris <Cparis12010...> Ozark County
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