Blog of the Plague Year(s)

  17 February eBird data:  https://ebird.org/checklist/S128587230 Weather:  9:00 am 3C wind WSW 3, 12:30 pm 6C wind NNE 2, clearing Tide:  11:00 am 4.1m, rising 28 February eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S129877639 Weather:  10:00 am   2C wind W 8,  2:00 pm 5C, wind NNW 10, initially cloudy, then brilliantly clear Tide:  12:00m 3.8m,  falling 17 February Sure enough, it's starting to have a hint of spring in the Estuary. Here they are, the first snowdrops.  People tell me there are daffodils starting to bloom in their gardens.  Mine aren't anywhere near, but the snowdrops are pleasing. The red-winged blackbirds are becoming more vocal, although they're yet to display their splendid epaulettes. I'm not sure why this Cooper's hawk was so ruffled.  He flew off, eventually, looking as though he was in good order, but he sure was fluffed up as he perched on this snag. I may have written this before, but: ...I do...

10 February   eBird data:  https://ebird.org/checklist/S128017378 weather:  9:30 am 7C wind NE 6, 1:00 pm 11C wind SSE 10, partly sunny tide:  11:00 am 3.9 m , falling 11 February eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S128094392 Weather:   9:00 am 4C wind W4, 12:30 pm 6C wind NNW 7 Tide:   11:00 am 4.00m, falling 13 February eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S12827313615 February Weather:  9:00 am 6C wind 9kph, 12:30 pm 7C wind 8 kph, high cloud, clearing Tide :  10:30 am 4.4m, falling 15 February eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S128400962  Weather:  9:00 am -1C wind calm,  1:00 pm 5C wind ENE 8  patchy frost, light cloud Tide:  11:00 am 4.4m, high tide, falling 10 February Partly sunny, and warm.  Somehow it's starting to look springlike, although as of today, Arrowsmith is very snowy. ...Incidentally, if you enlarge the photos and look just below the highest point at th...

  2 February eBird data:  https://ebird.org/checklist/S127469309 Weather:   9:00 am 6C, SE 16, 1:00 pm 8C SE 11 Tide :  11:00 am 3.8 m turning 5 February eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S127702914 Weather:  9:00 am 6C wind calm,  1:00 pm 8C wind N7, cloudy,intermittent light rain Tide:  11:30 am 3.6m, falling 7  February  eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S127847478 Weather:  1:00 pm 10C WSW 13, 4:00pm 9C WSW 14 gust 30 partly cloudy, occasional light showers  Tide:  2:30 pm 3.3m, rising 8 February eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S127897657 Weather:  9:00 am 0C wind SSE 2,   1:00 pm 6C wind E12 (increasingly cloudy and cold) Tide:  11:00 3.7m, falling 2 February As I continue to blog my time in the Estuary, I sometimes feel as though what I'm seeing is diminishing in interest.  Not that I don't delight in my time wandering the paths, but tha...