SOME WINTER FRIENDS

What a great winter it's been for new feathered friends at the Noodlin' Inn. We've had lots of cormorants (too hard for me to photograph), yellow-rumped warblers, goldfinches (not as many as last year), pine siskins (above), a pair of mallard ducks, and the good news is that Bill and Hillary, for the first time, wintered on the property. More on that later. Our most ubiquitous bird was Buzzy, the pine warbler. Here are some photos from the last few months.


Of course, it wouldn't be a normal day at the Noodlin' Inn if Ziggy, the red-bellied woodpecker didn't stop in for a nut or twenty!



The past several weekends we've had this lovely pair of mallard ducks stop by for a happy hour feeding of bread. Need to come up with some names for these two. Let's hear it!! Isn't Mr. Mallard a stud?

Who doesn't love juncoes? We had so many this year that sometimes the front lawn looked like a junco yard!!