-2 degrees and overcast at the start
Bird Highlight: Common Merganser
Species list: Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, common goldeneye, common merganser, herring gull, mourning dove, red-bellied woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch, brown creeper, American robin, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, northern cardinal, dark-eyed junco, song sparrow. (22 species)
Miles Hearn
WINTER POETRY
Snow in the country—snow in the town,
Silently, silently sinking down;
Everywhere, everywhere fast-falling snow,
Dazzling the eyes with its crystalline glow!
– Jennie E. Haight, Canadian poet (1836-1916)