The Polar Vortex Returns
It’s SO cold again. The weather seems to be all we’re talking about. Guess the polar vortex is back. 🙁 We needed to get out of the house so on Saturday afternoon we took a drive up to Arlington, WI to see if we could spot a Snowy Owl that had been seen multiple times in the area. No luck but it was a beautiful, sunny, although cold day. We did see an American Kestrel who posed so nicely on a wire for a portrait. Anyway, thought I’d share a few pictures.
The backyard portion of this post. I got a new nut and fruit feeder and it attracted the Red-breasted Nuthatches right away. We don’t see them that much but maybe now we will!
American Kestrel, North America’s littlest falcon. Beautifully marked and colored, don’t you think?
Horned Lark, common and widespread bird of open country.
In this photo you can see the little “horns” which give this bird its name.
Lapland Longspur or Lapland Bunting. Summertime resident of the Arctic tundra, winter resident of Wisconsin.
Female Common Merganser on the Yahara River.