The gray abideth

Air temperature 42 F, scattered light rain, wind NNE about 10 mph for the newspaper walk.

I am wondering about the effect of this continued chill and damp on bird nesting. We've had bad nesting years before, chickadee nest failures right in our yard.

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Cuckoo flowers blooming in the corner yard down the street. Progress progresses, slowly . . .