The Babies Are Here!

This time of year is so neat around here. All the babies show up!! These were walking down my driveway this morning! Pretty soon all the baby birds will be coming around the feeders too. My hubby was driving the other day and the caribou and their babies crossed the road! Love springtime!

Have a wonderful day!

Colleen :)

Winter Up North

I know there are a good number of you that have been having a terrible winter down there. As for us up here in Alaska we have been having a very mild winter and enjoying every day of it! Sorry for all of you buried in the snow and cold, but I am glad it is not me this year. Most years we are buried in snow up to our eyeballs and this year we have no snow on the ground. It is great!! It is amazing how the weather can change from one year to the next. Here is a comparison from this year to two years ago. 


This was two years ago in February when we had record snowfall. We had over six feet of snow on the ground!

And here we are today with no snow on the ground! I just love it. This is a young moose in our backyard. It is so easier for the moose to get around with no snow. Two years ago there was so much snow that the young one's couldn't get around to eat so they were walking on the roads and parking lots and starving. It was terrible. :(

So as you can see......we are enjoying the mild winter very much. I do feel for you all that are buried because I have been there many years and it is not fun. Hang in there....spring is just around the corner!

Have a great weekend!

NORTHERN BIRDS

Winter up north can be cold and locked in ice this time of year, but there also are some really wonderful things going on up here. One of them is all the visitor's I get at the bird feeders! I just love my birds! I always say that "birds are God's gift to man".  My favorite winter birds are the Chestnut Chickadees. They are so cute and friendly. I have 3 varieties of Chickadees, but the Chestnut's are my favorite. I think it is because they are so little (only about 3 inches tall!) and so very friendly. I can be standing right by the feeders putting food in them and they just sit there and talk to me. :)

We also have the  Boreal Chickadees....they are just busy little birds. I put these peanut block out and they just love them! The Black Cap Chickadees love the sunflower seeds!

Then there is this new species of bird up here in Alaska....they are called the "mooseobins". :) We are visited by them quite often. They love the sunflower seeds also! They come and lick this feeder dry!

Unlike the lower 48, we have had a mild winter. We had a few feet of snow on the ground the first of January, but then the rains came and melted a lot of it away so we have been able to see the ground for several weeks now. Usually we don't see dirt from November to April so we have been enjoying it. :) Good thing is that so much of the snow is already gone so when spring comes (we call it break-up up here) we won't have so much water around which will just suit me fine! 

So.....everyone down there stay warm if you can and hopefully you are visited by lots of birds too! :) 

Have a great day! :)