February 9

February 9, 2008 by OrientSee.

The weather has been just ugly for a few days now. With the exception of ice pellets, we have had a chance to experience every form of precipitation possible. What makes it worse is the start/stop nature of it all. One instant it is starting to clear and then something else is falling out of the sky. So wearing glasses and carrying at least two other lenses has been a real problem in all the wet. This morning was different. It started slowly with the sun bathing even the ice with complimentary hues. The light snow left a clean slate for all the beasts and birds to amaze me with their snowprints. I can reliably figure out the coyotes and the squirrels. I think that I can recognize rabbit tracks but the rest are a mystery to me. It is reading a different language without a dictionary. The birds started to warm up and move around. There were mourning doves around and I haven’t seen much of them for over a month. The crows were busy out scavenging while a pair of cardinals were busy at something cardinalish. A song sparrow performed for a short while a Red-tail Hawk lurked off in a tree watching the pigeons and starlings. It was life giving breath of fresh air to be out. The forecast is for more nasty weather so burrowing beneath the quilt may be the only response possible.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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