Cold weather friends

The weather turned brutally cold overnight. We had a high today of about six or seven degrees, but the windchills stayed well below zero. This came after a warmish day, with some melting of the snow cover and a bit of rain.

All that meant the ground in many places was covered with ice, making foraging hard for the critters that share our woods. This afternoon I looked out and saw close to thirty wild turkeys pecking around beneath the bird feeder and along the path Tom had cleared to it so he could replenish the suet and bird seed. I have never seen so many in our yard at one time. Even Cassidy was captivated, as you can see from Tom's photo.

The temperatures are supposed to climb slowly over the next few days, all the way up into the lower 20s. On the other hand, we will be getting a bit more snow as well. I had promised to give a friend a ride into Baraboo tomorrow night. We'll have to see how the weather looks by then.