Well, it's a snowy, rainy, stormy day in Ludlow - but the pictured bird still seems to be able to find time to investigate the new suet in the feeder - so something positive seems to be happening (click the picture to get an enlargement).
This is the first post of our new "Black River Today" blog in collaboration with the Rutland Herald.
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We'll be travelling to Turkey, the Aegean, and Greece shortly and will try to update this site with some local photos from the area (so long as WiFi is available!). Come May, we'll start maintaining this blog in earnest.
Ralph Pace