I actually like winter, Kim doesn't mind it, and we both would miss our grandkids way too much to stay gone for 3 whole months.

So instead of being snowbirds ourselves, we enjoy the snowbirds God brings right outside our kitchen window.

The snow is gone now and it feels like spring is right around the corner. But here are a few of the feathered friends that have entertained us outside our cabin window the past few weeks...

We love our pair of cardinals, who visit our feeders often. 

The lady herself...

...and her handsome partner. Cardinals will usually mate for life, unless something happens to one of the pair.

Our little downy woodpeckers love the suet cakes...

...as does their bigger cousins, the red-bellied woodpeckers.

Once in awhile you can catch a glimpse of the small patch of reddish feathers on its belly.

I always thought goldfinches migrated south in the winter, but learned that some stay around all year long. 

The males trade in their bright golden summer plumage for a much drabber look, and the females (who are already drab) get even drabbier.

Is "drabby" even a word? Well, it is in my dictionary....

Speaking of migrating, these little black-eyed juncos are only around our area in the winter. They will be leaving us soon for cooler climates.

We have an abundance of beautiful mourning doves. A severe winter a few years ago killed off most of our doves, but they've repopulated the Gray compound again.

I love them...so calm and graceful, and their markings are striking.

And...the robins arrived in early February! I do think some robins stick around Indiana all winter, although I'm not sure what they eat as they like bugs and worms instead of seeds.

We have oodles of robins! This one was enjoying a warm day early in February, before the frigid temperatures and snows moved in.

But they showed up even during the coldest days, to drink from our pond.

A simple winter pleasure we enjoy from our cabin kitchen window...

...watching our snowbirds.