This morning, when I went to let the dogs out, it looked like it was snowing off of my back porch. This would not be unusual weather but today was full of sunshine and blue sky, so it caused me to pause and look at the pine trees that are directly above my porch because they seemed to be emitting the snow. Upon closer inspection the tree was not only creating the snow but was also moving and twitching all on its own.  What at first seemed like a mirage turned out to be a flock of Red Poll Finches feasting on the pinecone bunches that hang from my tree. In the process of eating the pinecones these tiny streaks of feathers were releasing other pieces of the pinecone and they were what was floating down like snow.  They were quick and methodical as they worked at each of the bunches, and didn't seem to mind me or my crazy furballs as I snapped away on my camera and my dogs ran about the yard completely oblivious to the activity in our trees. What a great way to start off my morning!! You can check out a few of the other shots I took of them in the Animals folder.

BD108Red poll finches feasting on pinecones.