Nov. 25/16
We had our first snow about three days ago. Very wet snow, and it's stayed at essentially 0C since then. Basically gone now, but it's just been an ugly wet several days.
At Parker a couple of days ago I heard a bird making a call like 'wheat, wheat, wheat, and I had no clue what it was. Turned out to be a magpie (Pica hudsonia). Not new to here, but I've only seen one in the Parker area. One has been there for a couple of winters now - don't know if there are more or not.
The usual suspects hanging around - chickadees, nuthatches, crows, blue jays, along with squirrels and rabbits. I've noticed an increase in rabbits over the past one or two years. I walk my dog at around 0700, and previously we have never seen rabbits in the area. Now, there are several (I can't tell which is which) in about a 2 sq. km area.
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