Frosted goldfinches

Air temperature 27 F and calm early, scattered clouds, prospect of bicycle weather later. Note that my current bicycle costume looks much like my cross-country ski costume . . .

Shift change

Sometime in the last week or so, the Bohemian waxwing swarm has been replaced by cedar waxwings. The Bohemians have headed on toward their subarctic nesting grounds, while the cedar waxwings are year-round residents and nest here.

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For there was no joy in Mudville . . .
(We do not live in Mudville, so this affects us less.)

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Last patch of snow/ice gone from our yard.

Sunday vernal report

Coltsfoot blooming, wood frogs quacking in the cattail marshes, vernal pools drying up. A couple of mallards in one of the brooks feeding the cemetery pond. No roadkill to report.

Got out on the bike, 52 F when I left and 55 F now, with wind. Did not die. About 12 miles.

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Half moon overhead.