This kind is caused by ice crystals high in the atmosphere. F.W. Monday, November 4. This last week seems to have seen the last of migrating birds at the feeders. Purple finches left behind a goldfinch couple. Now the goldfinches have left too.
Chickadees are now more numerous and common at the feeders.
Monday, November 4. One female Barrow's Goldeneye. Return to Maine Nature News home page.