Tree Casualty in Bird Alley

Above is a picture I had taken yesterday morning ofour snow laden honeysuckle tree in Bird Alley. Below is how the same tree looked at the end of the afternoon, broken and lying down admid a confusion of snow and branches of our wild rose bush.

Maybe it was one soggy wet snowflake too many or perhaps the feather weight of a little slate- coloured Junco landing on the tree was the extra weight that did it. You can compare the morning picture picture above and the late afternoon picture below, both pictures show a blue bird feeder in them showing how the scene has changed. BUT the roots of the honeysuckle are still in the ground so all is not lost. We predict that a few springs from now it will grow and blossom again. but the little birds will miss it as a perching place. Go away snow and don't come back again so soon!