Just had a wave of Cedar Waxwings show up outside my office window here in cloudy, white washed Maple Grove. There had to be thirty birds thoroughly picking bits of tree buds from within 20 feet of my window to some 50 feet into the woods. Apparently stirred by all the action, I also had simultaneously a mad dash by my residual flock of goldfinches dripping from my multiport triple thistle feeder and wire mesh feeder. For a fleeting worm hole of time, there had to be about 50 birds darting about outside my office, backdropped with freshly accumulating white. In the midst of it all my wintering pale Brown Creeper managed to attract my attention with its upward motions and a Common Red Poll showed its feathers but quickly fled the chaos. Only a brave downy woodpecker managed to pretend nothing new was going on. I have also had throughout my stay this winter and saw today, but who only showed up after the show on my other feeders, Red and White Breasted Nuthatches, 2 Pileateds, two Hairys, and the usual cardinals, mallards, crows and a few recent House Sparrows plus the expected juncos. There is at least one raptor that I have not been able to pin down yet but it is getting more regular. Perhaps next note.
Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN