Yes, snow is fun...sometimes. This vintage photo from pinterest caught my eye. The college women from a bygone time...wearing skirts.  Snow shoes are pretty difficult to use in this area, you see, we have very heavy wet snow. Heavy snow wears a person out in no time at all. If there is a packed trail, it isn't bad. I have never tried it, not so interested with our type of snow...we call it Willamette cement. Got the idea. Today we had a light snowfall, but there is none on the ground. Yay!! And believe it or not...I have a hummingbird feeder up, we often have a really early male Rufous Hummingbird...migration is going on, and there have been some birds along the Oregon coast.

The Rufous Hummingbirds are Back

March 20th, the first Rufous Hummingbird came to my feeder.  They are a few days later than normal. I have been keeping records for several years now, and reported dates to a migration website. This is the first bird that really captured my attention. The year was 1978, a co-worker put up a hummingbird feeder at work. I was entranced...........and I still am entranced by these tiny birds that travel so far. I have been feeding them ever since. I put up a small feeder about March 1st...and wait. There really isn't much for them to eat this early, so feeders are important.  Rufous Hummingbirds are the main species here, although I have seen a few other species on rare occasions.