75F? I've almost forgotten what that's like. Here it is already mid-April, but it won't get to above freezing until Monday; it is snowing and blustery as I type this - might as well be January - and tonight we stand to get as much as yet another 5" of snow dumped on us. Nights will be as low as 19F (!), and those won't be above freezing in general until a week from now. At this rate, who knows how much of a reprieve that'll be. Never in my life would I have dreamt that I would still need my overcoat, to say nothing of the snowblower, at this time of year. I'm pretty sure the poor animals are having a very rough time of it with much-needed food resources so unseasonably out of reach.AaronFW wrote:I was scrapping solid frost off the car and we had a little snow (didn't stick) on Monday and yesterday was 75F
Those are simply the wings folded, and you're looking at the tips of the primaries. An attractive coloration, to be sure.AaronFW wrote:For example... one part I didn't do well on the Mourning Dove was some of the feathers: They've got this crazy set of under-feathers that almost looks like paper-marbling with a solid dark with very light borders:
(image credit: http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/bird ... rning-dove)
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