Balancing what? Which? #wasthatreallyyouwiththepit #darkdespaircold #soverycold

Frigid days like today bring out the downy woodpeckers more reliably any other.

#SoVeryCold #DownyWoodpecker #Woodpecker #BirdWatching #TrumbullCT #Connecticut

It was 8 F (-13.33 C) when these were taken. All the birds were fluffed up against the cold and wind as they snatched a meal from our birdfeeder.

#BirdWatching #Borb #Bird #Birds #Fluffy #SoVeryCold #ColdColdCold #TrumbullCT #Connecticut

It’s a frozen-solid-birdbath kinda morning here. 28 F (-2.22 C) when I got up and it was probably colder overnight.

#SoVeryCold #SecondWinter #Frozen #TrumbullCT #Connecticut

When you forget your cardigan & wonder if maybe they should take your MLIS back. #librarylife #soverycold

Google Translate says this can be rendered in English as “It is SO cold! Doesn’t anyone have a heating pad sized for a sparrow?!”

#SoVeryCold #ColdColdCold #BirdWatching #bird #Sparrow #TrumbullCT #Connecticut

It’s unusual to see yellow-bellied sapsuckers in our area at all, but the extreme (3.7 F/-15.72 C) has them exploring every nook and cranny for food for the second day in a row.

#BirdWatching #YellowBelliedSapsucker #Woodpecker #SoVeryCold #TrumbullCT #Connecticut

It’s brutally cold this morning - (3.7 F/-15.72 C) but the woodpeckers are busy in the trees carving out any kind of breakfast they can find from the trees.

#BirdWatching #RedBelliedWoodpecker #Woodpecker #SoVeryCold #TrumbullCT #Connecticut