Picked Clean

I wrote yesterday about my (not-currently) flowering pear tree by my driveway and the birds. Well, the berries didn't even last until the afternoon. The tree is left only with the stems from which the berries hung. It makes the tree look a little lacy. No birds today. We got about an inch of snow in the early morning -- easy shoveling! But that means the birds have left my yard for a while. Maybe I will break out that feeder...