Winter visits us...

This  week started and will end with an ice storm it was nasty cold and took my electricity away for most of last Sunday...during that time I just sat by the fireplace feeding it the last of my chopped wood...

No fun what so ever...The days prior to that had been sunny but had an icy cold wind ...made the best of it, by getting outside...and finding a Savannah Sparrow at the McBee WMA. 

This little cloud obscured the sun for a few minutes.  Amazing how dark it got! 

Its hard enough trying to pick these Chipping Sparrows out the twigs without taking the light away too...LoL

I ran into some interesting birds in Quaker Cemetery, this young Yellow Bellied Sapsucker was busy drilling holes in this tree.

On the open grassy area is perfect the Killdeer they froze in place 

There was a keen eyed Cooper's Hawk near the exit, he spotted me....

My Peach Tree was in full flower...

But after the deep freezing it got I have little hope for it...

Tuesday was a nice day on this week so I hit some of my "patches" and I had a good day out...and these are some of the birds I found!  This guy was in a tree on a shortcut road I take to get from one area of Lake Wateree to the State Park. 

 I had to stop and snap a photo of this young Red Tailed Hawk, 

This Pied-Billed Grebe was diving but popping up pretty fast out of the cold water...

Meanwhile in the forest....

 birds were searching for goodies on the ground...they recently cut some trees and I think berries fell out of those trees and the birds were on the ground and having a lot of luck too. 

The Red Bellied Woodpecker found what looks like a Cedar Berry 

The Tufted Titmouse found a bigger berry..

The Pine Warbler looked for insects under the cones on the ground 

A Great Blue Heron hunkered down on the lakes edge...

The shadows grew long so I headed home...

This Loggerheaded Shrike, was the last bird of the day just a couple blocks from home..

 by the posting time of this blog,  we expect more ICE! BOOOooooo. 

This little video of the water is just 42 seconds of relaxation...enjoy!

PEACE

Every day is a new Adventure.