Ice Storm Brings Out the Birds

Like much of the South we were hit hard by an ice storm last night. That's a recipe for my working from home, and for the birds coming out in droves. All of the feeders were being worked, and we saw the hard-luck cases like the Red Winged Blackbirds and Towhees who were all grateful for broadcast seed and platform feeder opportunities. My midday refill actually more than doubled the usual morning (once-a-day) fill! And we enjoyed scenes of avian mayhem. Jennifer watched a Pine Siskin much of the midday. This bird "owned" a window feeder and very aggressively pushed interlopers out. I'm not too worried for its main victims (House Finches) as they had more than a few seed feeders to mob. The worst is over, weatherwise, but we did see some amazing activity. And that was quite enough for me until next winter, Lord willing!