Nature Notes and Our World: Early December Weekend

Saturday was mild and rainy.



The American Robins were out in full force.



They were getting a shower and bath all at once.



Flocks of birds were swarming into the bare trees.



The last of the leaves were blown off by the wind and rain.



I don't see how birds maneuver without running into each other when they swarm into a tree together.



Sunday was cold and sunny.



A perfect day for walking at the lake.



The evergreens keep some year round color going around the lake.



There were still a lot more cormorants at the lake than I'm used to seeing any time of the year.



As I mentioned last week, usually I only see cormorants on the pilings (five or six at most) in the fall and winter and then they disappear in the summer.



The gulls are the same in terms of leaving in the summer and returning in the fall but the cormorants are almost outnumbering the gulls this year.



There aren't as many canada geese or mallards at the lake as I'm used to.



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