Snow Day Photos

[urbpan]

We stayed inside for a long while, but finally around 8:30 we went out to shovel. The first thing I noticed was our dying dogwood tree lost a couple branches. I think it's finished.




This is our parking area. The plow hump is more challenging than usual owing to the large Silver maple branch in it. We lost two branches from that tree, and another one from our lilac. While we were shoveling, we kept hearing branches breaking off from the trees in the park across the street.


We shoveled, then went back in for a while. The heavy wet snow that was bringing branches down gave way to colder lighter snow, so we figured it would be safe to bring the dogs for a walk in the Riverway.




Canada geese lined up along the bank, curled up against the wind.


Hooded mergansers swimming in the Muddy. The female's pompadour is all wet.


A couple came down from Longwood Ave to feed the mallards under the overpass. At about this time, the snow started building up on my lens.


Parts of the river were slushy, with a duck-plowed trail down the middle.


A lone male bufflehead mingled with the mallards and American black ducks.


Snow piled up on great blue heron huddled in the cold wind.


Snow piled up on the coat of a human passerby.


Another heron keeps its distance downriver.


Alexis gets her shot from the footbridge linking the Boston and Brookline sides.


Here's what the street in front of our house and parking area looked like at 4:00 p.m. I'd better give myself plenty of time to get to work tomorrow!

Comments

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

Great photo essay. I particularly like "Snow piled up on the coat of a human passerby."

GBHs don't go south for the winter?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

They are migratory in some parts of their range. The map on this Cornell page shows them as year-round residents of most of North America: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron/id

[hissilliness.livejournal.com]

That is a srsly cold looking heron.

[elainetyger.livejournal.com]

I especially like the 3rd one, with the bridge; it's kind of neat that the first bunch look like black and white even though they're not.

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Great pics, and amazing you saw so much wildlife out and about even during a storm. (Says I, the lazy one who never even left her apartment today!)

[bosoxmom.livejournal.com]

Looks nice, but I know what a mess it is. Sorry to hear about the broken trees. Love the pics..they are awesome as usual.

[bill_sheehan.livejournal.com]

Great pictures as always. I particularly love the Great Blue Heron looking like a Dickens character - Mr Sowerbury the undertaker, perhaps, or Uriah Heep.

[anais2.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful shots, but frankly my feet got cold just looking at them.
Sending warm thoughts...