Will the Ice Ever Melt??
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Photo taken at 8:00PM on April 30, 2008. About 30′ of shoreline in our cove is open water, the rest of the lake is still locked in ice. It seems late for break-up. By this date last year most of the lake was free of ice and was a popular rest stop for hoards of ducks and waterfowl. This year a lone pair of Barrows Goldeneye and a pair of Mallards share the ice free zone, with a few Bonaparte Gulls who prefer resting and pooping on our dock. I miss the ducks.
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska landscape artist
