With the cold and persistent snow cover, the deer have been a lot less shy of photographers lurking on porch decks. Once they take what they want from the compost pile, it's off to some bark from a sugar maple.
![1 Deer, January 25, 2014, 7:30:00 AM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2f9mkYjZgNt7zquytVOAJDRYyPiCphrQ73_HwsSsyCwz56xufkdBBrOz7UTw00Q65AMLrEVasnFpcCgLGRHcCHaui5qMBe5s_O18C913oRicUQf_TkU_y9yorgXsIICFyuk6d_cWZ4qHN/s320/January+2014+l+048+crop.jpg)
![2 Deer, January 25, 2014, 7:21:03 AM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqNGDvnTOsyNTHhoN5yLUkp_t_KAmoPda15Ucy08fc6IN_9m8hxXfPWXqHyNr-NAUI9Q6BCC-97VWqzzORj_WTgNd7GJsG1GjNsOgHYSSKbvXXcLDPsOZ4S60SbkbTx3Fv1vodSTXL0dG/s320/January+2014+l+028.jpg)
![THREE DEER!, January 25, 2014, 7:31:38 AM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCq33ToETyrQvjsy1sghNCt0mjIdZmGkemppYrzO2YZw2qWcDi_pua1YKHnlWMVuZqLHFF6qFvy-PfZv-CTifwAIAHu9cOeChLEvpy5jgGznIh3U6U77O0LJSS-NbHCYZG2E-6lk5POMW2/s320/January+2014+l+054.jpg)
Here we have some Carolina Wrens enjoying a nice bowl of old, cold hamburger grease:
![How about a nice bowl of Carolina Wrens? Served cold, with hamburger drippings](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcf_4pC8P3zhMwRAuy8YxXKz1ts-ow1VOfCMv4VAbn5amXx5NtORZtRc6nVBvDBNQzomPwrvMzWqQx_-3LrJmnxciDQ9XaIN-VbllmNuDlxGHtyLlNsEppeFrmMmjItuBlk89dQyYVOfKC/s320/January+2014+l+009+crop.jpg)
Last but not least, some pre-snowfall birds:
![2 Titmice and a Downy Woodpecker](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TxP3Ci25yVOW41tCqE4BFF6cqIE1Ceczsioe3iR-uZUMeEUijRC0csJqDodNAIS9yGEOc74kcLGHwuW2XS9oVJ0zXQ4CV7tz1AUxTJxz6D4OHvgX6UtHe0dw9GoQoxaMbOc_IZGjfsPo/s320/January+2014+i+002+crop.jpg)
Cross-posted at Whiskey Fire. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.
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