DULUTH (AGAIN)

ANOTHER OVERCAST, SNOWY DAY

MALE DOWNY WOODPECKER ON THE SUET LOG

Wednesday, 7:15 AM. 25 degrees F at the ferry dock, several degrees cooler on the back porch.  The sky is again filled with a low overcast.  We got several inches of powdery snow overnight.  The humidity is 77% and the barometer  is on the rise, now at 30.01".  We have another, back-to-back trip to Duluth today with a stop to look at a landscape project in Iron River on the way back in the afternoon.
   The birds have been very busy at the feeders, which need to be filled daily.  The downy woodpeckers are regular visitors at the suet log.
   Yesterday's trip to Duluth turned kind of ugly on the afternoon return trip when a snow storm came in from the SSW and we drove all the way home in it.  We have another trip to Duluth today (it sure would be nice if some of these trips could be coordinated).  We can report that the open water outside of the Duluth harbor has now iced over and there is no open water in sight on the west end of Lake Superior.