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Friday, February 25, 2011

Colder….but warmer

The reading on the thermometer is even lower today than yesterday, climbing to minus 5 after a low of minus 9 over night….but the intensity of the wind has decreased, so it actually feels warmer than it did yesterday.

first bay

there were no birds in this area, or anywhere along the trail…

log bay

but over here there were a number of Green Wing Teal, a few Mallard, a Belted Kingfisher and even a few Red-wing Blackbirds although most of them remain up in the residential areas.  The pair of Raven were active as well, in fact spent most of their time chasing a juvenile Bald Eagle – the only eagle seen today.

To show that this weather isn’t that unusual for the time of year, I went back through some of my file photos…

The log bay March 1, 2007

This is how the log bay appeared on March 1st, 2007…

the log bay

and February 26th, 2009…then, just to give us hope, despite this weather ‘hiccup’…

Sign of Spring - Feb.25'11

I also saw an American Robin today.

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