We had 6 inches or so of snow last night. After a weekend that was very springlike and warm, this was quite a shock to the world. I shoveled the driveway after breakfast and throughout the day the thin layer that remained melted off. Even though the air temperature was above freezing, there was heat stored up in the pavement.
Later in the day, looking out the kitchen window, I saw robins over by the side of the neighbor's house, where a few patches of bare ground appeared along the foundation. There was also a small snow free path cleared by their dog exercising activity, and the robins were busy there as well. I realized this was a flock that had been caught by the storm, and they were foraging in the tiny spots available to them.
When we opened the garage door to go out in the evening, Pam asked if I had dug out the crack between the driveway and garage slabs. For several inches on either side, leaves, twigs and dirt were scattered around. Then we noticed the same detritus lining each of the slab joints down the driveway. I immediately recognized this as the work of the frantically foraging robins, looking for some food anywhere they could possibly work the soil.
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