A Nor'Easter and No Birdseed

I feel guilty.  A foot of snow is predicted, and I have no birdseed in my feeder.  We have entertained a lot in the last week, though, so there are stale chips, crackers, nuts and other leftovers available to toss onto the deck.  I also chopped up an apple.  I know the birds could peck at it, but if I don't chop it up, the squirrels will carry it away whole.

So far, my donations have attracted Tufted Titmice and Dark-Eyed Juncos.   Dark-Eyed Juncos like to shuffle on the ground to stir up something good to eat, and that's what they were doing on my tabletop.  I caught some pictures with the snow flying from their little dance.  Some people call them "snowbirds", and that's certainly a fitting nickname today.

Since the weather was not conducive to being outdoors (wind chill), and because the roads were slick and dangerous, and I was almost out of gas, I decided to stay home and just enjoy these little visitors to my deck.  Sometimes I think I appreciate them more when I can just watch them close up like this, see their feathers and coloring up close, and watch them enjoying their food as the storm ramps up.

This junco had a lot of brown feathers and was quite handsome.