Apparently, local whitetails have extended their foraging range. I spotted a cow moose in a small frozen wetland. We had the coldest temperature of the month, and perhaps of the season, on Thursday, with an overnight low of minus 5.4 degrees, and a high of only 22 that day. This week, dry, arctic winds flowed out of the northwest, bringing frigid weather to Penobscot Bay. Wendy at Stonington Market on Deer Isle said it was cold all week with highs in the 20s.
Snow covers the ground, but the roads are clear.
This cold snap broke Sunday afternoon when thermometers briefly rose into the mid-30s. An unusually large number of ducks wintering on Penobscot Bay have thrilled birdwatchers. Jim Davis from Belfast reported a mixed flock of 150 black and mallard ducks at Lincolnville Beach. Barry Reed said Burnt Cove, northwest of Stonington, was practically black with ducks. Midcoast A dead doe lies in dense, deciduous brush 60 yards from my front door, the apparent victim of a vehicle collision.