What's new in the yard

You remember this situation from a previous blog post?

Well, that squirrel is about to go on a diet. We have a new strategy to deal with those critters:

The new improved squirrel inhibitor bird feeder pedestal thingy.

So far, so good. No squirrels yet.

The birds are pretty active in this cold weather here. They queue-up in the trees then swoop in for their turn at the feeder.

Bluejay waits for a turn.

This robin is the first that we've seen this winter. I'm guessing that it's going to work its way back up north.

And yes, we still have deer in the yard. This day we counted eleven at the same time, it was a record.

As cold as it's been, they are moving slow. On this day they hunkered down for a while to wait out the cold.

But a deer has to eat, so they get right back to grazing. Yum.

Damn, that's good stuff!

What? Time to go? OK, I'm outta here.