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“O, Wind. If Winter Comes”

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Blog: Hideaway Pond — 3/1/2021 — hideawaypond.com

Moist blue-gray skies have ruled over the Hideaway through most of February. Occasional bright sun has heralded in crystal clear days. The weather gods have been kind.

But this evening an angry northerly cold front blew in snow. Temps are projected to be in the teens. Northbound birds will be dealing with heavy headwinds. And de-icers.

Weather aside, critters have been surprisingly active. Several turkeys, dubbed by my lovely bride “the gang of five”, visit daily. They feast on leftovers disdainfully kicked out of the feeders by their smaller more picky cousins. They may be members of a larger group that appears every few days.

But I suspect that they’re free lancers. They’re more enterprising. And smarter. They’re cashing in on most of the seeds. Little seems to disturb them save a trio of nearby deer. And it appears to be reciprocal.

On the mammalian front, Shari spotted a raccoon lurking under the feeders last night. It had obvious intentions of a midnight raid. One of the feeders was slightly askew this morning. Evidence of a slight gust? Or the raccoon’s futile ineptitude? A deficiency which could get it expelled from the entire raccoon nation. Thievery being their proud forte’.

And a very large woodchuck romped through the backyard as we were preparing breakfast yesterday. It appeared to be very well nourished for having spent the winter on scant provender. But that was yesterday. It may have grown with passage of time the way a fish grows in size as it’s passed along the piscatorial network.

3/2/2021

The cold front that blew through last night dropped a skim of snow. It had blown away by sunrise. Left behind was the gift of a radiant blue sky.

The “gang of five” has come and gone four times today. They now ignore us while they gorge. Between them and the constant seed fest on the feeders, our kitchen has become a window on the world of avian gluttony.

Perhaps it’s a hallucination. A mirage. Or mere fervent hope. But I’d swear that the crimson maple is beginning to show the minutest hint of red buds. Mother Nature is beautiful in her winter garb. But even she eventually yearns for the warm palette of Spring. Perhaps those buds are a harbinger. Perhaps not. But, as Shelley said in his poem “Ode to the West Wind”, “O, Wind. If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”

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