Winter 2021-22
A variety of weather over the course of three months. With the pollinators tucked away, my focus turned to feeding the birds. Sparrows and a couple Cardinals spend the winter in the area. By late December or early January, I usually see a Robin or two and a large plague of Grackles as the weather turns cold. This year, they appeared later than usual. Although I shoveled snow on January 17 and 20, I did not see a Robin until 27. Grackles followed the next day, devoured my seed and then attacked the vines on my neighbor’s garage across the alley for additional food. It grew cold with below zero wind chills a couple days later. I always wonder if the Robins are Canadian and fly south staying close to my house after finding a food source. They devoured pound after pound of meal worms until leaving, in late Spring. It warmed to 50 degrees in early February bringing rain. I worked for several days ahead of a storm to clear the downspouts which were blocked by slowly melting snow that had frozen. The storm brought an inch of rain but turned to ice and snow threatening power lines. I maintained power but needed to dig out the driveway the next day and fixed the garage door that was s stuck to it. It rained again, two inches on 17, and I spent an early evening cleaning up water in the basement of this 152 year old house. By the last day of the month, it was warm enough to start working in the gardens.
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