Wow, we got 9" in Manchester, CT. I have these huge 8 or 9 feet tall shrubs fully leaved still and I went out and got as much snow off of them as I could. They were laying down in the yard and the birds have homes in those trees. Lots of broken branches, but a lot of the branches popped back up when I cleaned them off and unstuck them from the snow.
The birds are happily feeding now I filled to feeders and a ground feeder and threw out a bunch of sunflower seeds on top of the snow. They are having a ball.
I hate this crap.