March 2023
Wednesday March 1 On my morning walk with Maddie at the pond, saw a pair of mute swans take off, coming close to me, with their slow, deep, whooshing wingbeats, and then head up over the trees and away. They're so heavy, 30 pounds (14 kg), that they have to circle around the pond before they can gain enough altitude to get up over the surrounding trees. Later in the afternoon, driving along Parkman Drive beside the pond, saw a couple of women on the footpath pointing up at something in a tree. One of my neighbors reported seeing two bald eagles at the pond this morning, so I turned the car around, pulled over, and sure enough, there it was: a bald eagle , looking huge in the tree, its head not quite fully white. Saturday March 4 We had a couple of inches of snow so Maddie is in her little black rubber booties to keep the salt off her paws and prevent ice balls from forming around her paw pads. I put her booties on first, then get my winter coat, scarf, et...