Another early walk this morning accompanied by lots of birdie noise. The geese are becoming very vocal and the number of small flocks have been increasing over the past few days. It was delightful to see these three checking out the storm pond opposite the lake. I saw plenty of Cardinals, Blue Jays, Red Wing Blackbirds, a Downy Woodpecker or two and many Chickadees. The Chickadee in my photograph (if you can make it out) was checking out a new nesting site in a hole on the side of this branch. There must be enough space for a nest as there was only the tip of the tail visible with its determination to get inside.
The ice is slowly being moved, I’m sure if there is wind next week this will all get quite high. It looks like about five feet tall today.
