Today I saw my first snowy owl. I made an afternoon visit to The Parker River Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island hoping I would get a chance to see this beautiful bird and I wasn't disappointed.
I had been told by a woman at the refuge headquarters just where to find the bird I was looking for. Unfortunately, the owl was perched in a distant grove of trees and my binoculars weren't strong enough to get a closeup view. Luckily for me a fellow birder had his high-powered scope set up and was kind enough to let me look through it. As beautiful as all photos of snowy owls are they can't really prepare you for the glorious vision of your first live view of this magnificent creature.
I left the refuge with a feeling of gratitude and awe at seeing yet another one of the many wonders of nature.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
A New Year And More Snow!
We had over twenty-seven inches of snow last month and missed within a fraction of an inch of having the snowiest December in New England history.
Here it is New Year's Day 2008 and it's snowing heavily again this afternoon. It looks like we'll get a few inches or more before it ends tonight.
With all this snow many people are all ready beginning to tire of winter. They've had enough of shoveling and sanding icy walkways and roads.
It's a fact of life that winter is often a bother and a nuisance but it's also true that like the other seasons winter has its own special beauty. There is the lace of snow clinging to the bare branches of trees adding grace to the winter landscape. The sound of children's laughter as they play in the snow or skate across a frozen country pond. And the merry music of the chickadees busily flying from feeder to fence post.
Here it is New Year's Day 2008 and it's snowing heavily again this afternoon. It looks like we'll get a few inches or more before it ends tonight.
With all this snow many people are all ready beginning to tire of winter. They've had enough of shoveling and sanding icy walkways and roads.
It's a fact of life that winter is often a bother and a nuisance but it's also true that like the other seasons winter has its own special beauty. There is the lace of snow clinging to the bare branches of trees adding grace to the winter landscape. The sound of children's laughter as they play in the snow or skate across a frozen country pond. And the merry music of the chickadees busily flying from feeder to fence post.
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