What the Weather Brings

Canda Geese
Early to mid March 2020

Canda Geese at Dead Creek Field
On or about 7 March 2020

 

Late March 2020

Week before last when I saw Canda Geese at Dead Creek Wildlife Refuge, I thought they are early. Given the way the weather has been this year 2024, warm to cold and back again, I return to see if there's a larger flock or just the small one. I saw no geese at all the next week. That doesn't mean they aren't there. A small flock arriving early might be their way of doing things.

Looking at more March 2020 pictures, I see a snowy one taken around the 23rd of March 2020. Aha, a reminder there can be a lot of snow late in March. 

A Weekend Out & About

Short excursion this weekend as the weather was partly sunny and warmer. A pocket size sketchbook and I had a nice sit near the shores of Lake Champlain. The different hues of the icy waters is what I study most.

On the way home, at the very top of a tree, I catch a sudden checking the side of the road glimpse of a bald eagle. There is no area to stop and take a look. Farther down Route 17, I pull into the Dead Creek boat launch lot hoping the eagle will take flight my way. The eagle did not. 

Alas, the camera I had with me is my iphone 13 with a mere 5X zoom; and, a super lousy program that does not have the feature of plugging the phone into a device to upload the pictures. Photos are store in the where is it icloud on the phone. I have to email photos to myself, then open them. The sizes are always very small and blurry. Boo to Apple iphone 13.

It was surreal to hear geese in the middle of winter. I'm guessing maybe spring is closer than expected.

The warmer weather is eerie, nice but strange. Seeing sunhine so often is a blessing. It has been a slow going for me lately. Lots of laundry and blog reading to catch up on.

Have a wonderful week!