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The warm winter had started to feel a little unnatural. Our daytime temperatures were in the forties during the day and rarely going below twenty at night. While easy on the firewood supply it simply did not feel like winter in Maine. All of that has changed at least for the time being. We had snow on Thursday; not a lot but six or so inches followed by freezing rain on Friday that made travelling to Portland with Argy an adventure.
There is a lot to see especially if you take the time out to look. I was mackerel fishing last week and there were small hawks of some sort in the spruce trees on the closest island. I commented that I saw those birds each August and have never taken the time to figure out what they were. That was enough to get me to get out a pair of binoculars from under the console in the boat.
I’ve been fishing the last couple of days but the wildlife watching has been impressive. I know my mind is wandering but some things are hard to miss. Friday we watched as an eagle harassed a pair of loons in the middle of Megunticook Lake. I depend on loons to make noise when an eagle is flying overhead but never understood the alarm. It was clear that the alarm is well founded!