A Yard Owl and Icy Days!

For the past 3 days our backyard Screech Owl Box has had a tenant! He/she pokes his head out around 5:00 p.m. and usually flies off to hunt by 6:00. Cardinals and Doves continue to feed on the platform feeder even though the Screech Owl is watching only 12 feet away. Photo was taken through a glass window.

Ice on Lake Huron is continually changing. Wind direction and strong currents as the water rushes into the St. Clair River are contributing factors to the distribution of ice.

A few rafts of Long-tailed Ducks found some open patches of water. They breed near arctic wetlands and winter on large lakes and the open ocean.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Long-tailed_Duck/id

Icy view of Fort Gratiot lighthouse in Michigan.