Blue Lake Road Bryophytes

Mostly gray with an occasional shower, and even more occasional brief spot of soon. Temperatures were above freezing, so the snow that fell yesterday was slushy today. It’s easy to think of snowy weather as being more wintry, but I find the sort of snow we’re getting to be more spring-like. It tends to be … Read more

Equinox Snow

Snow bridged the astronomical transition from winter to spring. It was snowing when I went down to bed last night near midnight, and a couple of inches had accumulated by this morning. Periodic snow fell through the day, but mostly light, and it seemed to me that there was no additional accumulation. Equinox (when the … Read more

Snowy Blue Lake Road

Snow fell overnight, with an inch or two accumulating. Snow showers continued throughout the day, but the sun was strong enough to help melt what fell during the breaks between showers, and there was little or no additional accumulation as far as I could tell. I stopped by the channel a couple of times this … Read more

Birds and Mountain Snow

Sunny skies and light winds prevailed today. I think there was some scattered very light snow falling at times (I saw a few pellets when I was out this afternoon). I did not get out until later this afternoon. On a first visit to the channel, I had noticed good gull numbers, but quite spread … Read more

Gusty Winds and Rough Waters

I woke to some blue sky overhead this morning, and a little later the sun was high enough to shine. Not long after (and before I actually got up), clouds once again filled out my view. It remained cloudy except for a brief spot of sun this evening. I could hear the effect of gusting … Read more

Keeping Your Head Still

I’ve long noticed that several kinds of birds stick their head forward when walking. (When I’ve tried to imitate a chicken or pigeon walking I would put my elbows back and stick my head forward before each step.) What I did not notice until this year was just how steady the head stays as the … Read more