I was occupied with family duties today, so I didn't get out to do any nature surveying, hence this very short post. However as I was returning home late this afternoon, the snow started, at first very lightly and then fairly heavily. At home, I looked out across at a neighbour's lawn and saw quite a gathering of American Robins. There was just a dozen or so at first, but they kept streaming in until there were at least 45 in the tree or on the ground beneath a cedar tree. This evergreen had intercepted some of the snow and kept the ground a little clearer. They were scattered, so I could only get a maximum of these nine in a photo. Can you see all nine?
They were busily chirping to each other, and I can only imagine that they were saying the same things that most humans were saying....when is this winter going to end?
Actually, if the weather prognosticators are correct, the next 3 days or so in Chatham-Kent look positively spring like!