Our World Tuesday and Nature Notes: March winding down

I think Carolina Chickadees are such stylish looking birds.



They look a lot like black-capped chickadees but according to the Cornell bird site:  Carolina and Black-capped chickadees hybridize in the area where their ranges overlap, but the two species probably diverged more than 2.5 million years ago.  



Above is Mrs. Cardinal considering a bath.



We had a moderate rainy week but the cold descended for the weekend.



I was glad that the rain cleared before it got cold again and we didn't get snow which was forecast at one point.



Below is Mr. Cardinal having a bath before it turned cold.



I took the rest of the shots on Saturday.



It was cold but sunny and knowing how low the temperatures are supposed to get Saturday night, I wanted to shoot flowers in my neighborhood before the risk of damage.



I decided to go ahead and prepare this post on Saturday instead of waiting until after a Sunday walk like I usually do.



During a walk to a nearby store, I took over a hundred shots.



I may try to go out in my yard early tomorrow and see if I can capture frost on the flowers.



Even this morning, a neighbor said he had to scrape the windshield on his truck because it was covered in ice.



I slept in this morning and by the time I got out the frost was gone.



Most spring flowers do alright with a frost or two but my concern is tonight the temperatures are dropping way down before rebounding by Monday.



I am surprised with all the rain we had this past week that more blossoms weren't knocked off the trees



This coming week is supposed to be wet and warm.



Pretty much the same pattern as last week.



It's been a long time since I've posted this many photographs at one time.



I had trouble narrowing down which photographs to use.



The last shot is a self portrait I caught by accident but the flower bed I photographed was washed out. When I noticed my reflection in the door I cropped it out because it amused me that I captured my two heads.



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