Snow! Snow?

Yes, snow.  It finally arrived on the last day of February.  The robins have been here for at least two weeks (very early in the season) and they have been enjoying the berries on these ornamental trees for a couple of days.  The snow doesn't really seem to bother them.  They can't find the berries on the ground, under the snow, so they fly into the trees and pull them off.

F Number	5.6
Lens ID	-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	33.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 66.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/80
Exposure Program	Manual
ISO	400
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

More babies

Taken at my daughter's house, I think they are robins, but I'm no ornithologist! Until recently, I thought that most of the local birds only raised one brood a year, but many species raise two or three families every year!

Robins almost ready

Some birds have learnt to coexist with people, and robins seem to be one of those species. This is a light sconce at work, under a metal awning. It's reasonably sheltered from sun, wind and rain, and the robins have decided that this is a good place to raise some babies.

I've seen 3 chicks in the nest, although only 2 are visible here. The babies are very quiet when people walk by, but they chirp up a storm when mum or dad shows up with a beak full of bugs! These chicks have most of their feathers - I suspect they'll be out on their own within the week.