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| Millen's Bay as it receives some runoff from the Rain of Saturday |
Some pockets of open water are beginning to take hold of the River. To the west end of Carleton Island, a blue patch is hovering above the channel. In Clayton out near Calumet Island another area is exposed, while Ice houses still dot the firm ice in French Creek Bay. The ice season is short now and the small community of ice anglers will soon retire.
I noticed that the rain, a heavy rain from Saturday, has opened a section of French creek. There were even a few ducks surrounding an open spot (there) this morning. Millen’s Bay is being parted by a steady stream of warmer water. A brown meandering tentacle is splitting the ice right down the middle with a constant flow. It is a slow process and is being further slowed by overnight freezing temperatures. The rest of this week looks to be improving, with forecasts of some forty degree days to come.
We took a ride out to Tibbett’s Point on Saturday and the lake has a good many pressure ridges. They contain some rich blue colors when the sun is bright and reflecting off of them. To the west end of Wolfe Island a blue pond of open water broke up the barren icescape. We noticed a dozen golden eyes (diving ducks) winging their way towards that open spot into a strong head wind. They were winning the battle, though struggling with tremendous effort.
On my way home from work on Sunday I notice a crow flying low to the ground, near the shoulder of the road. In front of the crow a mourning dove was half flying and running to escape from becoming “lunch”. The crow flipped to the side in mid-air and struck at the frantic dove, grazing the snowpack, coming up empty. At that very moment the dove found refuge in an open culvert pipe some four inches around. It all happened in just a few seconds!
I cannot believe that Daylight Savings is to take effect this Sunday! It seems very early for that change to occur. It will be nice to have the added daylight in the afternoon to poke around and get things done that were neglected through out the winter. I can even do my grilling under some sunlight once again…
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