Snow arrival brings enjoyment

Jerry Davis For Agri-View
Mar 1, 2025
Mar 1, 2025

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A puffed-up bird staying warm shows easily against white snow.

A female cardinal appears larger than life because she fluffs her feathers during a cold spell after eating cracked corn from a ground feeder.

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A winter robin goes to springs for liquid water and to avoid eating snow if possible.

Jerry Davis/For Agri-View

Bald eagle nesting postures can reveal stages of incubation and eaglet presence.

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Snow ringing a spring pond makes for an interesting image.

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Jerry Davis For Agri-View

Don’t curse the snow. Moisture is necessary in some form for organisms and the ecosystems they live in. We sometimes disagree with the state and timing of precipitation events because it inconveniences our activities. Snow, water in a solid state, is moisture and much more.

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Jerry Davis is a freelance outdoors writer. Contact him at sivadjam@mhtc.net or 608-924-1112 for more information.