Winter Weather Finally Arrives!

The forecast precipitation came right on schedule this morning, and the snow was really coming down as the sun presumably rose behind a thick layer of clouds. The snow was accompanied by our first real freeze of the season, so it was cold enough for a thin white blanket to accumulate, especially on the grass, but the ground is still too warm for it to last long.

As you might imagine, some of the critters in Estabrook Park looked none too pleased with this recent development, and here’s a mourning dove doing exactly that.

The great blue herons never look thrilled, so it’s hard to tell with this one, but it did manage to find a spot along the river that appears to give it a little protection from the wind and snow.

Finally, the woods south of the dog park are downwind of a bit of a hill, so the air was nearly calm there, and the dark-eyed juncos looked like they were going about business as usual.

Neither Anne nor I could decide which picture we liked best, and I managed so few today anyway, so here’s the second one.

The 10-day forecast shows day-time temps in the 40s for the next few days, so this snow will be gone soon, for sure, but after that, the temps should drop so we might finally start to get some ice on the pond and river, and maybe that will entice some more hearty birds to come south at last. I guy can hope, right?