Snowstorm and lots of birds

gray crowned rosy finch curled up

Yesterday Glacier had an impressive little spring snowstorm. Coupled with that was a midge hatch on Lake McDonald (midges are little black bugs that look like mosquitos without the sting). Birds flocked en masse to the lake shore to feed. There were Harris sparrows, varied thrushes, American pipits, robins, white crowned sparrows, gray crowned rosy finches, bluebirds, northern flickers, chestnut backed chickadees and out on the lake was a flock of coots and at least one common loon. Here, a gray crowned rosy finch tucks its head under its wing to take a snooze.