There is a long string of geese swimming up the pond, which looks pretty calm at the moment. It is interesting that our weather vane says the wind is out of the north east, but the pond has been blowing the waves toward our cove, from the south east. What is happening on the pond doesn't seem to reflect what is happening in the treetops. A while ago - Whoops, again right now!, the wind is really blowing the water over toward us, but there is very little motion in the tops of the trees.
All of the leaves in this area of the pond are piled up in one long strip (lengthwise with the pond) and the strip of leaves does not come to the shore, it has been floating more in the center or south of center. Earlier, I noticed that the leaves were moving down toward the dam, even though the wind was blowing waves in the opposite direction! I wonder if they are floating over where the brook would be if there were no dam.
We've had a lot of birds at the feeders this morning, stoking up on food to help keep them warm. I'm glad we have a lot of bushes, dead trees with nest holes and branch piles so that the birds have places to seek some shelter. (I went out to the carport to get another armload of wood and startled some bird who was taking refuge there.) I'll leave the feeders up until the wind starts getting worse; there is a flock of goldfinch, a couple chickadees and a nuthatch on the feeder right now.
We saw some wood ducks in the cove earlier this morning and there have been a steady stream of geese all day. What have you seen?
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