Sunday

Sunny, cool

Saw a single Pied Billed Grebe early this morning, and we are still seeing the Mergansers.

Saturday

Clear Sunny morning but still cold  37 F
Nothing greening yet.

Birds: Single pairs of:    Mallard,  Buffelhead, Red Breasted Merganser, and Hooded Merganser.   Geese

Cardinal, Grackle,

Friday

Another grey, rainy, cool day.  47 F

A small flock of Red Breasted Mergansers on the lake, mostly female with one male.  Pat says these were her yesterday afternoon.  Geese are scarce again.

Nothing is greening up yet.

Saw our Muskrat swimming at dinnertime.  Headed for the dock across the way.

Thursday

Grey - Cold - Windy - Steady Rain - 38 F at noon.

No birds.

I'm making these blah entries:

• So I can look next year what it was like
• So you won't think I forgot for the day.

Now 5 PM. Still raining. 39 F.  Haven't seen a single bird all day!  Not even a Canada Goose.

Wednesday

Sunny, low 40's
Today so far:
Geese. Mallards,  Hooded Merganser pair, and a Bufflehead pair  Grackles, Robins, Morning Doves.

April Fools Day

Sunny morning, Cold and windy.   In the high 30s.  We have our lake back, no ice.

Monday

Another Glorious sunny morning. Temperature in the 40's.    Our little bay melted yesterday and the ice on the lake is receding all around.  Possibly it will disappear today; it's supposed to get into the 50's.

The geese are posturing and doing a lot of honking.  there are still only a few.

This morning we have seen a pair of Common Mergansers, a Towhee,  a Cardinal (not the first) and some very iridescent Grackles in the bright sun.  Some Crows (not the first)  on the ice.  Temperature is up to 54 at 10 AM.

At 6 PM the ice is all gone!   The temperature reached the high 60's   It's dropping, windy and rain is forecast.  The prospects for next week are: Cold.

Today we added a pair of Buffleheads to the list.   By this time last year we had seen very many more types and count of ducks.

Geese are hormonal, make a racket, and are looking for nesting spots.   This is a time of year we have to run them out of the yard and make them feel unwelcome as they look for nesting spots.   Most nesting spots will be discovered and disturbed, but there is an island where a few seem to escape detection.   The next time of year to defend our property is when there are chicks and young adults.    All that I see are paired up.

Pat and I enjoy dogs but travel too often to make one practical.   So lately we have been dog sitting for a couple of dogs and today we had our two friends Bozi and Mister Cody in residence.   More about them another time and hopefully some pictures.

Arrangements are all made for our Kitchen Renovation starting next week while we are away.