Winter Pandemonium

Another winter storm means a day working from home and a busy morning at the backyard feeders. After work, I peeked outside to see a blizzard of birds, and flickering about the mass of house finches were a handful of juncos, common redpolls and a gorgeous purple finch female--the first purple I've seen at my feeders. Meanwhile, white-breasted nuthatch and red-bellied, downy and hairy woodpeckers swung by the hanging suet feeder, and the house sparrows guzzled down cracked corn in their little corner of the yard.