7 November 2026

Ghostly mist

Sunday, December 18th, 2016
Black-capped Chickadee, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 18 December 2016.

Black-capped Chickadee.

Adolescent oak, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 18 December 1016.

Adolescent oak.

Warm rain and wind following cold and snow causes an eerie evaporative phenomenon: moving waves of ghostly mist that look like flowing veils.

Beech Hill List
Beginning at 1:30 a.m., I hiked the open trail.

1. American Robin*
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. Blue Jay (v)
4. American Crow* (v)

Elsewhere

5. Herring Gull

v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere

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