An unusually mild (+6) and rainy (41mm) day for Ottawa in January! Mist covered the landscape and made everything seem mysterious and different. Walking was not much fun as the trails in places were deep in water. The usual birds were around, house finches in good numbers again (30+), cardinals, chickadees, a couple of juncos, and so on. The pond was almost open, and the hole underneath the downed Manitoba maple was open beneath the layer of slushy water.