An early spring snowstorm had the lingering winter sparrows sharing scraps under the feeding stations with arriving spring migrants.
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| American Tree Sparrow |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Song Sparrow |
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| Chipping Sparrow |
The snowstorm had been in the forecast since last weekend but as is often the case with spring storms, the uncertainty of temperatures hovering in the low 30's had the snowfall predictions swinging from 1-3 inches all the way to 12" plus. We could have hit that one foot level had we not had an influx of warm air in the mid levels of the atmosphere for several hours that melted the precip on the way down only to refreeze on the 31 F ground, We ended up with 7 or 8 " and maybe 1/4" of ice that took out the power in my neighborhood and beyond.
The quick walk to the end of the driveway to get the mail left the dog almost covered by the nearly 2" diameter flakes.
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