Cold, fog, and a 90th birthday

Summer's coming! Yes, with the winter equinox out of the way - the days are longer (by about a minute, but who cares?) And after a cold and wet week, I watched the few moments of sunshine from Mt Barker summit. Mist draped off the top of the mountain, dissipated when cloud obscured the sun, then rushed up the mountain when the sun came out - astonishingly beautiful!

Fog and rain yesterday on the mountain, strong easterly winds with wind chill near zero today. I honestly don't remember being so cold! Anyway, here's the bird records for the weekend (I was surprised I saw/heard anything!)





And a day apart makes a difference:

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The Bird list:

Saturday in heavy fog and rain: wrens, ravens, y/f h/es, babblers, rosies, t-bills; HEARD: fantail, GW, spiney, shrikey

Sunday in swirling mist: fantails, wrens, spiney, pardies (H), black-capped sitellas (on the north side AGAIN!), GW (H) and the (I think) rufous whistlers, y/f h/es, ravens, shrikey (on the freeway bridge!), t-bills, rosies, wattlebirds.

To the NE, mist, 23 June

After a difficult week at work, I've written the entrance scene for a new character for The Isthmus. Not as much as I'd hoped, but any start is no longer a blank page!

And a happy list of birthdays this week (and today): Ashton, Martina, Bruce, and congratulations Stan - 90 years young!

Happy writing
Bo
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