A VISITOR FROM THE FAR NORTH

SNOWY OWL...A VISITOR FROM THE TUNDRA

CHANNEL FREEZING OVER...VIEW FROM RED CLIFF, BASSWOOD ISLAND IN THE DISTANCE

Friday (posted  8:00 PM Thursday evening).  22 degrees F, wind E, with moderate gusts.  The sky was overcast at sunset.  It has been snowing off and on, the humidity 92%.  The barometer is 29.65" and mostly steady or beginning to rise.  We are leaving for Texas for a few weeks tomorrow morning and will post along the way, or while there, when we can and have subjects of interest.

   I was lucky to spot a visitor from the far north today; a snowy owl.  It was sitting on a telephone pole on Hwy. 13,  just north of the roundabout with Hw. 2.  Perhaps it blew down on a storm front, or there is a shortage of food in the far north.  Whatever the reason, it was obviously here to hunt rodents, perched as it was high above the adjacent marshland.