Just two cats who refuse to share the cat tower…. (Had to bring an old tower up from the basement). #catsofbluesky #cats

Hm… some new critter activity out back. Wonder what made this?

🥚🦆 #birds

They ARE back this year. Same nesting spot by our front porch. #birds

Oh. Looks like Mom and Pop Mallard Duck are back! 😯 (Something is working on the old nest site anyway!) #birds

Photo credit: Oliver #catsofbluesky #cats

A coyote decided to sniff around our yard last night….

Disheveled Northern Cardinal #birds

American Robin #birds

👁️ #catsofbluesky #cats

🥶🥶🥶

Safe from the blizzard…. #catsofbluesky #cats

False Spring fooled us! ❄️🌨️🌬️

This handsome cat decided to get cozy in the heated cat shelter last night during a storm. 😊 #catsofbluesky #cats

Photo credit: Oliver #catsofbluesky #cats

I’m just going to slowly crawl backwards off my bed….. they can have it. 😆 #catsofbluesky #cats

Mao was not a fan of the thunder… #catsofbluesky #cats

“Let me on your lap, human.” 👁️👁️ #catsofbluesky #cats

My son just took this of Mao! 😍 #catsofbluesky #cats

He did that on purpose! 🤪

The little hands though…. 🥹 #opossums

This very large cat showed up in one of our heated cat shelters today! 😍☺️ #catsofbluesky #cats

This furry feral has shown no interest in using the heated shelters, regardless of the temperature outside. But it does like to get water and food on occasion. It seems even more "wild" than the other feral. (Both run if they even see us through the window). #catsofbluesky #cats

Very cozy feral cat in our heated shelter... really impressed how well these insulated cat shelters hold up to -3F / -19C! #catsofbluesky #cats

Male Northern Cardinal getting a drink

Hairy Woodpecker braving the wind and cold

Brrrrrrr. It's rough out there today! 🌬️❄️🥶

Also from the other day...

Watching a hawk from the kitchen window....

From the other day... windy squirrel/hawk standoff?

Cold snowy morning, but beautiful bird sounds 🙂

European Starlings

Female Northern Cardinal

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year!

Beautiful bird! #birds #wildlife #nature

Pretty sure it's a Sharp-shinned Hawk.... #birds #wildlife #nature

I thought this was a standoff, but these squirrels aren't afraid of this small (Sharp-shinned???) hawk! #birds #squirrels #sqrlpix #wildlife #nature

Um... the hawk looks just as confused as I do! 😆 #birds #squirrels #sqrlpix #wildlife #nature

Meet-and-greet: Black-capped Chickadee and Mao #birds #cats #catsofbluesky

Downy Woodpecker backlit by the sunset #birds

I don't know whose sweet baby this is, but it slept in our heated cat shelter all night. And ate and drank a LOT. Poor thing. So glad it had a safe place to rest. It does look well-fed and healthy. #cats #catsofbluesky #catshelters

#birds #snow #nature #wildlife

That is a lot of American Robins! #birds #nature #wildlife

The tall shallow bird bath was frozen all day, but this one has the heater. And the sparrows (plus lots of other birds) were very happy!! 🙂🙂🙂

Squirrel tracks on my patio! 🐿️🐾 #squirrels #sqrlpix #wildlife #nature #snow

Splish splash #birds #wildlife #nature