We had two days of bright sun, four days with snow flurries or snow, and other days sort of in-between. Lows have ranged from 14 degrees on Monday to 24 on Wednesday with highs just below or above freezing. Our snow stick reads 40 inches again. Folks have seen red-winged blackbirds in the Presque Isle area, so the birds must now be moving toward the St. John Valley. Purple finches are common visitors with their rich songs, delighting the ear.
Goldfinches appear to be dressed in camouflage with yellow mottling on their winter gray.
Thursday was beautiful, sunny with a high of 53 degrees. Then snow began falling around mid-afternoon on Friday, leaving eight inches before it stopped on Saturday afternoon. The eagles in the manmade platform near Route 1 in Calais began incubating early in the week. At times, only the tip of the female's head was visible. As stream and marsh channels open up, we have noted more pairs of Canada geese, black ducks, common mergansers and hooded mergansers.