It was a bright, sunny, but very cold day at FWG. The temperature was -10, but with the wind, it was apparently closer to -20c. It certainly felt like it. There were very few visitors to the garden and I think I saw two during my hour+ there. Not much activity anywhere, but I did see a robin, a mourning dove, a few cardinals, lots of chickadees (of course), and a few house finches. Red squirrels and grey were active. And of course, tracks in the snow tell us who else has been out and about.

Here, there is some open water near the shore of the pond, where the beaver has been active until recently. He is using the food he stored before freeze-up to help him through the winter. On the left of the photo, you can see a submerged log, one of the poplar trees he cut down. It has been stripped of bark.