Cold, clear skies.  The mornings have been well below zero (minus 17 this morning) and the afternoons have been in the low twenties.  On this day last year the high was well into in the 60's (an 80 degree difference from this morning)!  Despite the cold start to the day, the relatively strong March sun melts the snow off the roof tops in the afternoon.  A light snow has been falling every few nights leaving the ski trails much improved. 

Common redpolls at our platform feeder 

 

Penelope showing off her Easter eggs.  This year we used all natural items to dye eggs - beets, red cabbage, yellow onion skins, chili powder, tumeric, blueberries, and coffee grounds.  I was surprised how well they turned out.  (We were glad they were all hard-boiled after this photo shoot!)