The past couple of weeks have brought bitterly cold weather, and birdlife has huddled up to get through. Now the weather is generally improving and days are longer. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net.

Tracey Crowder of Gloucester snapped a photo of bluebirds conferring at the water hole.
A cardinal couple huddles for warmth during the deep chill; photo by Marianne Hunley.

Rebecca Slater sent photos from a frigid Jan. 22 of a red-bellied woodpecker and blue jay finding meals and trying to keep warm.

Cheryl Battle of Bavon has an orchid in its second year of blooming.
Frozen pond at Westville Landing during past week’s frigid temps; sent by Nancy Richardson,
Sunrise at 7 a.m. Sunday on Timberneck Creek; photo by Meg Sherertz.

Kim Andrews of Gloucester, left photo, enjoys a snow day with her first great-grandchild Ja’Kariea Davis, while visiting her daughter Amanda Brown, right photo, in Salisbury, Maryland.
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