I find that the birds are helping me fight off the winter doldrums this year. Over the summer I bought a bird bath and a tray feeder to go along with my regular feeder and suet feeder. Now I have even more species visiting than before. I'm still amused with the little brownheaded nuthatch that took me so long to identify. Eastern bluebirds come to visit and I stopped short today when I saw a red-winged blackbird at the tray feeder! The goldfinches are in their winter wardrobe, and the chickadees, nuthatches, and titmice are enjoying themselves. Thanks to miz_geek I'm keeping the bird bath up this winter and it's very popular. It's nice to look out and see all the beautiful creatures despite the gray days.