Winter snuck in during the night. Here's what I saw as this morning dawned. I'm glad we were able to spend four days at camp this last weekend of the season. I had thought we might get in another weekend or two, but we still had significant ice to break through getting away from the dock this afternoon. So, it'll be boat out tomorrow, then four or five weeks before we can snowmobile out.
We had lots of birds and were especially happy to see Redpolls and Nuthatches, which are usually plentiful, but were entirely absent last winter.
We had also Blue Jays, Whiskeyjacks, Evening Grosbeaks, Pine Grosbeaks, Chickadees, and a Hairy Woodpecker.
And an otter playing around at the dock.
We had lots of birds and were especially happy to see Redpolls and Nuthatches, which are usually plentiful, but were entirely absent last winter.
We had also Blue Jays, Whiskeyjacks, Evening Grosbeaks, Pine Grosbeaks, Chickadees, and a Hairy Woodpecker.
And an otter playing around at the dock.
