Uh, oh! It's snowing again...
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Today we're supposed to get a couple of inches of snow. Normally, that would be shruggable, but it's also the day temperatures are supposed to approach freezing. You can see by the size of the flakes that this snow is wetter than the dustings we've been getting at the colder temperatures.
The issue is that if we get wet snow, it will tend to stick to the branches - branches already loaded with ice and bent over to provide more surface. If it then freezes (temps back to single digits over the next few days), it provides yet more surface for the next snowfall, and the risk of continuing or additional damage to trees increases.
And by the way, the ground feeder is working after all. The squirrels dug out the snow to get at the seed; now I toss some seed in each time I go out, and blue jays, doves, juncos and sparrows have been using it. In fact, in the morning after the -10°F night, I saw a small bird which had used it for shelter.
In further developments, the squirrels have stopped coming to the feeders since I spread the corn along the edge of the woods - 3 of them out there this morning feeding.
The issue is that if we get wet snow, it will tend to stick to the branches - branches already loaded with ice and bent over to provide more surface. If it then freezes (temps back to single digits over the next few days), it provides yet more surface for the next snowfall, and the risk of continuing or additional damage to trees increases.
And by the way, the ground feeder is working after all. The squirrels dug out the snow to get at the seed; now I toss some seed in each time I go out, and blue jays, doves, juncos and sparrows have been using it. In fact, in the morning after the -10°F night, I saw a small bird which had used it for shelter.
In further developments, the squirrels have stopped coming to the feeders since I spread the corn along the edge of the woods - 3 of them out there this morning feeding.
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