I woke to a tremendous wind and snow storm on Tuesday, February 12 and began the drive to work. What normally took me 20-30 minutes to drive was a trip well over an hour.
It was my week at work and I was responsible for opening the building. Part of the opening process is filling the bird feeders outside the Observation Room.
When I stepped out to fill the feeders, it was still snowing hard. The feeders had been empty since Sunday.
I pulled up my hood, put on my gloves and tucked my jeans into my boots. I filled the bucket with birdseed and proceeded to the platforms. With the platforms complete, I headed to the feeder in the middle and felt this tremedous flurry of activity.
The birds didn't even seem to notice I was right in the middle of their feeding station and they completely surrounded me. There must have been close to 50 birds all together that had just been waiting for their morning snack.
I started to move when I spied the platform feeded off to my left and spotted three of my favorite birds (and unusual to see) all sitting together feeding. There was a male Eastern Towhee, a Hairy Woodpecker and a Purple Finch!
I left my arm up in the air and didn't move for a few minutes. I thought, "where is a camera when you need one."
When I came back into the building, the drive and the storm didn't seem so bad.
Nature has a way of soothing and a sense of wonder that can take you at any given moment!
It was my week at work and I was responsible for opening the building. Part of the opening process is filling the bird feeders outside the Observation Room.
When I stepped out to fill the feeders, it was still snowing hard. The feeders had been empty since Sunday.
I pulled up my hood, put on my gloves and tucked my jeans into my boots. I filled the bucket with birdseed and proceeded to the platforms. With the platforms complete, I headed to the feeder in the middle and felt this tremedous flurry of activity.
The birds didn't even seem to notice I was right in the middle of their feeding station and they completely surrounded me. There must have been close to 50 birds all together that had just been waiting for their morning snack.
I started to move when I spied the platform feeded off to my left and spotted three of my favorite birds (and unusual to see) all sitting together feeding. There was a male Eastern Towhee, a Hairy Woodpecker and a Purple Finch!
I left my arm up in the air and didn't move for a few minutes. I thought, "where is a camera when you need one."
When I came back into the building, the drive and the storm didn't seem so bad.
Nature has a way of soothing and a sense of wonder that can take you at any given moment!
