Temperatures have been as volatile as the stock market lately; balmy 40's on Monday, dipping down to -10 last night with a windchill somewhere in the -20's. The mercury's hovering around 0F this morning, and the winds seem to have died down.

Droves of Purple and Gold finches at the thistle feeder this morning, with Chickadees, Nuthatches and Bluejays picking away at the suet and peanut feeders and Juncos and Gray Squirrels have been picking away at the ground feeders.