By Bryan Pfeiffer During this arctic grip on Burlington, when almost anything outside seems to groan or crunch or crack, when the cold itself seems evil, a drama begins each morning in frigid waters off Perkin’s Pier. In Lake Champlain, Common Goldeneyes are getting hot. These perky ducks bob and dive, lunge and flutter, cavort [...]
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Icy Romance
Posted in Wildlife on January 25, 2013 | Comments Off
Considering Crows
Posted in Wildlife, tagged American Crow, Nancy Olmstead, roost on January 18, 2013 | 2 Comments »
By Nancy Olmstead I stopped running because I was surrounded by hundreds of crows. It was dusk on the bike path along Lake Champlain. Great masses of crows were flying in from the east to roost on the cottonwood trees along the shore. They fed on sumac fruits along the train track; they mobbed the [...]