A freezing fog moved into my region sometime Friday night. The air temperature hovered around -3C. At 9:00 a.m., yesterday (Saturday) I started a drive around my usual birding route.
The sun looked like this
And the countryside was coated in magical frost.
Frosty mornings are very quiet.
I saw no birds at all until this flock of 15-20 Common Redpolls flew from one frosted tree into some also-frosted low shrubs
This scraggly weed never looked so pretty as it did yesterday.
Then the fog burned away, moved off to deposit icy crystals somewhere else. This lone tree beside a pond is stunning against the bright blue sky.
And, finally, the white (leucistic) finch showed up at the feeders late yesterday afternoon.
Beautiful day.
The sun looked like this
And the countryside was coated in magical frost.
Frosty mornings are very quiet.
I saw no birds at all until this flock of 15-20 Common Redpolls flew from one frosted tree into some also-frosted low shrubs
This scraggly weed never looked so pretty as it did yesterday.
Then the fog burned away, moved off to deposit icy crystals somewhere else. This lone tree beside a pond is stunning against the bright blue sky.
And, finally, the white (leucistic) finch showed up at the feeders late yesterday afternoon.
Beautiful day.
