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Archive for December 19, 2007
Day 353 - a Year by the Sea
December 19, 2007 by OrientSee.
The small drainage ditches out in the marsh itself get covered over with snow and ice. The result is a small diorama of winter in the marsh. Water frozen in a pot hole with weathered grass leaning over becomes a miniature of the whole marsh. The deeper ditches freeze only on the surface as the water beneath is tidal and salty. That means the water changes from liquid to solid and back again often. The ducks disappear and reappear as the water opens up and closes all winter long. I assume that these ducks are constantly on the move as the weather changes their feeding spots. So no buffleheads for a while but with a warm spell coming on, I expect to see them out in the creek again.
Ciao!
-Jorge
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