Who Else Is Getting Ready for Yet Another Nor'Easter Snow Storm?

**sparks19** · 02-09-2010, 10:44 AM

Yeah I kinda drive slow as it is lol but I'm worried about driving around other people in the snow. people's brains kinda fall out around here when snow hits the ground lol.

one thing I am really enjoying... since we got all this snow I have a lot of litle birdies visiting our backyard. Over the past few days I've watched a male cardinal trying to attract the eye of the lady cardinal that stops by. So far she is NOT impressed lol. and just now I had a lovely male cardinal singing me his pretty song. OK it wasn't a song for me but I got to hear it

**Grace** · 02-09-2010, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by sparks19

Yeah I kinda drive slow as it is lol but I'm worried about driving around other people in the snow. people's brains kinda fall out around here when snow hits the ground lol.

one thing I am really enjoying... since we got all this snow I have a lot of litle birdies visiting our backyard. Over the past few days I've watched a male cardinal trying to attract the eye of the lady cardinal that stops by. So far she is NOT impressed lol. and just now I had a lovely male cardinal singing me his pretty song. OK it wasn't a song for me but I got to hear it

I love the Cardinals - they look so wonderful against the snow and pine trees. We normally have 20 - 30 in our yard. They are the first to arrive in the morning, and the last to leave at night.

**pomtzu** · 02-09-2010, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Grace

I love the Cardinals - they look so wonderful against the snow and pine trees. We normally have 20 - 30 in our yard. They are the first to arrive in the morning, and the last to leave at night.

They're my favorite, and we have a lot here too.

I'm out of bird seed, and can't get to the tree with the feeder anyway. I noticed the birds have been raiding the dry cat food on the porch that is Sherbie's. We always have a problem with the crows doing that in the Spring and early Summer, but never saw any others doing it.

I crumbled up some bread and a stale bagel, and added some rolled oats to it, and tossed some out in the snow for the poor hungry little ones. They have been eating it, so at least they are getting some food. I remember when I was a kid, my mother always took bread that was getting stale and crumbled it for the birds.

**sparks19** · 02-09-2010, 12:00 PM

I've actually just been spreading the seed on the railing of our porch since I don't actually have a real bird feeder.

**Grace** · 02-09-2010, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by pomtzu

They're my favorite, and we have a lot here too.

I'm out of bird seed, and can't get to the tree with the feeder anyway. I noticed the birds have been raiding the dry cat food on the porch that is Sherbie's. We always have a problem with the crows doing that in the Spring and early Summer, but never saw any others doing it.

I crumbled up some bread and a stale bagel, and added some rolled oats to it, and tossed some out in the snow for the poor hungry little ones. They have been eating it, so at least they are getting some food. I remember when I was a kid, my mother always took bread that was getting stale and crumbled it for the birds.

I'm glad you're doing the crumbs. I've read that once you start feeding the birds in the winter, you shouldn't stop because they have become dependent on that food. But it gets real hard sometimes.

We have one suet feeder and two hanging tubes. There are 5 - 6 places where I scatter seed on the ground for the ground feeders. When it snows, I'm out there a couple of times a day, brushing the snow from those areas so the birds can get to the seed.

**lizbud** · 02-09-2010, 01:11 PM

I don't have any seed, but I have some stale bread that I wanted
to throw out for the birds. Trouble is, I have to wait till it stops snowing
or it will just get covered up.

A lady I used to work with sent me a little take off of the Who Dat
song. It's pretty good.

"This is what i wanted to yell at people on the way home this evening.

Snow on da' ground.....snow on da' ground..... Drivin' like a fool wit da' snow on the ground....look at ya now - car spinnin' around.....drivin like a fool wit da' snow on Da ground!!!... Slow it down .... "

**Pinot's Mom** · 02-09-2010, 01:14 PM

Here we go! It's SNOWING!

**sparks19** · 02-09-2010, 01:42 PM

hasn't started here yet... said it should start after 3. so I'm gonna head out soon to the bead store and then go get hannah so we can hunker down, keep warm and watch the snowfall

**Cincy'sMom** · 02-09-2010, 07:27 PM

According to the 6pm news we had 5.5 inches then. They are saying it is supposed to continue until at least 2am, maybe 4am. And in that time 1/2in to an 1 inch per hour, so 4- 7 more by morning. And when it stops is when the wind is supposed to pickup. Could be interesting!!

**Marigold2** · 02-09-2010, 07:59 PM

It's snowing but the roads were fine when I left work at 7pm. They are doing a great job keeping the roads clear. I am a bit worried about tomorrow morning getting out of my driveway as I have to be back at the office at 8. Hubby gets to stay home the rest of the week.