Filed Under Winter 2008
It snowed about an inch here in eastern Sussex County, DE last Thursday. Nearly all of that is gone by today but I found some snow patches this morning in the woods. The melting snow revealed some of the plants that stay green in the winter, lichen and moss for example. The dark color of an acorn that was buried by the snow allowed the sun to melt the snow cover over it more quickly than the area around it.
Filed Under Winter 2008
It was nice and cold this morning, a proper January morning. The spillway at Trussum Pond was a nice place to find moving water behind ice cycles.
Filed Under Winter 2008
Consider the variation between male and female ducks. We might use the word drab to describe the hen, while the drake catches our eye with his brilliant color. That’s the point, the hen blends in and came much closer to me today, almost undetected. The multi-colored drake stayed much farther away, not blending in to the reeds very well and a first target to predator’s eyes. The hen feeds and the drake stays alert, good plan.
