A Lily Fan sent this 9-minute video that caught Holly in a sneezing fit 5:40 minutes into it—28 or 29 sneezes in rapid succession that left Lucky wondering what was going on. 
Red squirrel in snowI’ve never seen anything like this before, and I doubt if Lucky has either. https://youtu.be/usTMDAQaHjQ
Deer with snow on headOut the window, new snow made woodpeckers dig deeper for the suet. The hairy woodpecker that did the initial digging made sweeping movements with his bill at exactly the right place to find the suet a few inches under the snow.
A red squirrel had to do some digging, too, for buried sunflower seeds.
Pileated woodpecker probingIn the dead white pine, the female pileated woodpecker probed into some holes. I don’t know if it was for grubs or for the remains of yesterday’s suet that hairy woodpeckers packed into some of them.
Snow accumulated on the head of a doe outside the window. Even the thin fur on her head was insulating enough that the snow didn’t melt. Deer hairs are hollow, filled with air, and very insulating.
Hairy woodpecker finding suetA nice surprise was seeing the cover picture on a beautiful magazine from Montana State University. I feel honored that they asked to use my picture. The magazine is spectacular. They wanted a bear cover picture to go with a bear article on pages 46-53 written by two of my former volunteers from over 30 years ago. https://issuu.com/um_crown_gye/docs/ crown_of_the_continent_and_greater__ ddfa878dbd1352?e=6727686/41534056 .
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Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center