High Winds At THe Vermilon River. A Post to MWT and WBW.

The weather changed again to cold, but this time  with high winds. Although we had some fresh snow, the winds curtailed most of the hiking because of the blowing snow. Despite an earlier warm thaw, we seem to have lost what gains we made toward spring, and have lapsed back to winter. All these photos are taken along the River where the access is easy. Opposite looks north west.

This scene plus the next one down looks south. Remember click on the photos to enlarge and watch the slide show. 

 I'll just use captions for the birds, but in almost all the photos you can see the blowing snow, especially in the Redpoll and Pine Grosbeck photos.

This photo looks north west again.

Male Redpoll In The Wind.

Male Redpoll.

A Female Redpoll, but you can see the snow in the background. The snow is mostly blowing snow.

This shot shows a male Redpoll. The photo is not out of focus, in fact I included it to show you the blowing snow. Redpolls are probably the hardiest birds that I know.

A Female Pine Grosbeak hanging on for dear life.

The same Female Grosbeak with the snow visible in the background.

Female Pine Grosbeak

Male Pine Grosbeak

Male Pine Grosbeak

Male Pine Grosbeak and Redpoll

Pine Sisken

Pine Sisken

Starling In Non-Breeding Plumage.

Starling Front View.

Mourning Dove

Mourning Dove.

These shots are some attempts to be creative. Opposite are dried wild sunflower pods that still have seeds in them, and attract these hardy birds.

A Post to MWT @ http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com/ and WBW @ http://pineriverreview.blogspot.com/