A newly returned Eastern Phoebe sits perched on a tiny plant stem a few inches above the ground. The heat from the decaying leaves on the ground allow for insects to be present in a tiny zone, whilst the air temperature above drops into the low 30s. Seconds after this picture was taken, it began to snow.

Photo of a Red-breasted Nuthatch on a seed cylinder feeder outside a window. After moving south in big numbers this past fall and winter, they’re moving back through the area headed north now.

Marchtober birds.
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