Winter Around the Yard (3/19/11)

On this, the last day of winter, I am posting pictures taken around our yard during the winter season. Now if someone could please just inform the weather that spring is supposed to arrive tomorrow so they should cancel all of the snow in the forecast, that would be great.

A cardinal roughing out the snow on our mountain ash tree:

A woodpecker braving the snow as well:

Another cardinal in the snow:

A beautiful sunset in the woods:

A bird in the morning light:

A cool vertical rainbow in the yard:

A bunch of ducks discovered the birdseed in our yard:

Another cool sunset as viewed from Rachel's window:

Apparently the ducks spread word of our birdseed to their other duck friends as well as some geese because we suddenly had quite the crowd at our birdseed pile:

Various tracks in the snow on our driveway and patio:

Another woodpecker:

A squirrel enjoying birdseed on our patio and tormenting our cats:

Looking for food in the dead tree:

An unusually pink house finch:

Standing next to one of its own species:

A sunflower seed hull got stuck on its beak:

An opossum (a.k.a. puma) on our patio:

A duck wandering the backyard:

Our sandhill cranes returned on 3/12/11:

An oddly leucistic red-winged blackbird:

A very cute red squirrel: