Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Winter arrives


Northern Cardinal, Honey Pot, Hadley, MA, Dec 13, 2016
Horned Lark, Honey Pot, Hadley, MA, Dec 13, 2016
Looking northeast from gate 52, Quabbin Park, MA, Dec 13, 2016
Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Dec 13, 2016
Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Dec 12, 2016
Winter seems to have arrived in the area and the forecast looks like mid winter by the end of the week with some snow showers, high temps in the teens and strong winds bringing the windchill down to -30 or even worse...ouch!  We also got a few inches of snow yesterday followed by some freezing rain.  Makes me want to be back in the tropics again.  I have gotten out a bit the last few days but have not found anything too noteworthy.  All the small and mid size lakes are now frozen solid with the only open water being some rivers and Quabbin.  I hoped to find some unusual waterfowl showing up but no luck.

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