Blue sky.
A few ice-fishing huts still sit on local ponds. Starting to worry about ’em a little. And, of course, the early bluebirds. Saw no bluebirds today, but I have a feeling they’re around. Heck, they’ve been around pretty much all winter—the warmest winter I can recall in my thirty-plus years in Maine. I might not be so grateful, might be lamenting lost snowshoeing days, if not for the cost of heating fuel.
After a spate of wet snow last night, today warmed swiftly. Cloudy for most of it, but a little blue sky appeared in late afternoon. Heard a singing titmouse on Beech Hill.
Indian Island.
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 2:45 p.m., I hiked the open trail.
1. Tufted titmouse (voice)
2. American crow (voice)
Elsewhere
3. House finch
4. Black-capped chickadee
5. White-breasted nuthatch
6. Herring gull
7. Rock pigeon
