Hey tweets, the Common Teal was back at the Fill early this morning -
floating around on Boy Scout Pond (the pond under the cottonwood grove
as you walk toward East Point, past the burned Lone Pine Tree; NOT the
Southeast Pond at the point itself). Also present today: an Osprey, a
Cinnamon Teal pair (on Southwest Pond), the year's first Barn Swallow
and a Northern Rough-winged Swallow, mixed in with a big herd of
Violet-greens and several Cliffs, not to mention the ubiquitous Trees.
All the swallows were coming to roost at the birch snag on the Loop
Trail, where the trail runs parallel to Canoe Island. I think it was
too darn cold for them to hunt. They huddled together on the branches,
and then periodically swooped out briefly, only to settle back and
hunch up - kind of like me on my camp stool. The weather prediction
today is for balmy temperatures, but all I got this morning was
freezing cold.

Chin up, though. This has just got to be the last gasp of winter,
right? Kind of reminds me of the Laura Ingalls Wilder tale of the
"Long Winter," when Laura wonders if the Ingalls family will survive.
It's April and still blizzards keep coming. But Pa says they'll do
fine. "Winter's got to give up eventually, but we never will," he
remarks. Then the next blizzard hits, and Pa and Laura go back to
twisting hay for "firewood." Thank goodness for electric heat. -
Connie, Seattle

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