The Slow Melt

It felt like another freezing day here although it must have warmed up a bit as some of the snow has definitely melted in the garden. There's still enough about though to take some Greeting Card style photographs of the Robins. There is something special about a Robin in the snow, I reckon. These two Blue Tits where squabbling over a tiny bit of fat ball which had fell from the holder. All 6 Black Birds where here again all day. It doesn't seem 5 minutes since I was writing about how I'd not seen any for so many months and worrying the Sparrow Hawk had caught them all. I actually saw one of them eating peanuts today, no I've never seen that before. The melting snow has uncovered lots of mole hills in the field above the garden. I'm guessing they must have been made just before the snow fell, whilst I was away, as the ground is frozen solid at the moment and surely a Mole wouldn't want to try and dig through that. It must be hard for the small birds to find food at this time of year but in my garden I think the weather helps the smaller birds find the seeds as they just lay on top of the snow for them to pick up. They don't seem to mind if they eat off the ground or the feeder and usually fly from one to the other without preference. Still no sign of the Squirrels or Jays.

The snow starting to melt