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January 3, 2010 – Well, the New Year started by being cold and snowy! I think the high yesterday was around 6 degrees. I think that's cold until I saw an email from a friend in Newfoundland. He reported temperatures of -30 and and one day with the wind chill it was -50! I still haven't fixed the big feeder since the bears damaged it this fall. I've seen some birds and squirrels checking it out and I swear they are giving me dirty looks when they stare back at me through the window. A couple of deer came by last week and I saw turkey tracks yesterday in the snow near the feeder. January 7, 2010 - I threw out a couple of withered apples back towards the "turkey coop" and figured the deer that wander through the yard occasionally would find them. This afternoon I watched a black squirrel grab one with it's teeth and head out across the snow. It ran up a dead spruce tree that had the top snapped off in a storm a few years ago. I couldn't figure out what it was going to do with the apple and as soon as it let go, the apple would fall to the ground. So, I grabbed the binoculars and watched it. It took the apple up about 25 feet where the top was broken and stuffed the apple in the snow at the top. It seemed to test the spot before letting go, securing the apple right at the top of the tree. I guess the deer won't be getting that one!
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