Lots of snow falling when I first arrived here but, by the end the skies were clearing.

Some views after the snow stopped falling:

This morning’s group:

Several people come regularly here to feed the birds:

I brought some seed myself and took a few “selfies”:

Other birds attracted by the feed:

Phragmites, which is said to originate in the Middle East, must be feeling chilly today:

This juvenile Great Black-backed Gull is carrying a fish:

This has been a good winter for White-winged Scoter sightings:

Other ducks:

Species list: mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, gadwall, bufflehead, greater scaup, long-tailed duck, bufflehead, common goldeneye, red-breasted merganser, great black-backed gull,  ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, black-capped chickadee, European starling, house sparrow, northern cardinal,  song sparrow.  (19 species)

COMING UP: February 17 in Friends of Miles: Some Birds from Algonquin Park: Ian Valentine

February 20 in Articles: Sycamore Maple

NATURE POETRY

Oh, what a goodly and a glorious show;
The stately trees have decked themselves with white,
And stand transfigured in a robe of light;
Wearing for each lost leaf a flake of snow.    – Richard Wilton (1827–1902)

Miles Hearn