More than two dozen sparrows (primarily house sparrows, I think) crowd the feeder, and empty it within a few hours. When not at the feeder they congregate in the dense cover of the front-of-the-house yews. They seem to be a very social group, noisily chattering all day long.

There are far more in this flock the can fit on the feeder at one time, but they seem to share pretty well, only occasionally pecking and pushing for room at the table.

For these birds it’s a wonderful life.

Sometimes the house finches join with the sparrows, but mostly they show up when the sparrows are away.

About a dozen juncos drop in several times a day, mostly beneath the feeder, alongside the half dozen scrounging squirrels.

Cardinals prefer stopping by on an evening, but by then the other critters have pretty much scraped the platter clean.

Above, recess at an elementary school in Milton. Snow excitement.

In other news, Squarespace has confirmed that they disabled the iPhone editing app. Seems customers don’t count.