All it takes is a dusting. . . .

. . . . . also the robins

. . . . . the Eastern bluebirds

. . . . . the Northern cardinals

. . . . . the Northern flickers

. . . . . the Pine warbler

. . . . .the House finches

. . . . .the Eastern towhee

. . . . .the Brown-headed cowbird

. . . . .the Pine siskin

. . . . . the Dark-eyed junco

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The junco - known fondly as 'the snow bird' - arrived along with a snow

 fall during the night.  Looking out the window at 3:30 am it was

beautiful. Huge flakes of fluffy snow were illuminated under the street

lights, bare branches were outlined in white in the moonlight, and a white

 carpet had been rolled across the lawn.

 At 6:30 am I was out of bed and waiting for dawn with a steaming mug

 of coffee and a camera at the ready.  Knowing it was just a very light 

snow fall and would probably be gone quickly when the sun came up,

it might well have been the only time this winter season that I would have

a chance to photograph our garden birds in snow.

So I was ready - hope you enjoy seeing just some of the garden birds

when they visited, and sure enough the snow was almost gone by noon.