Ice

A few more sightings this week: April 09--Grackles,Aprill 11 th saw the return of butterflys,Black flys,Bumble Bee, and Turkey Vulchers.
The ice on our road has "candled"--long clear fingers of ice,Great for cooling down your favorite beverage but you need to use a tall glass as you could poke out an eye using a stubby one.
This area of the ice road is the same spot that I measure ice in the fall before venturing out.Yesterday I took a 2x2 and in 3 stikes could break through-it was only a couple weeks back there was 24" ice there.There were 2 of us walking on the ice road and you could hear and feel it moving up and down.
Couple more days like yesterday(high 13c,sunny,breezy) and we can launch a canoe and paddle to East Allie Island.
The average amount of Geese this time of year at the open water of the Narrows is around 30-50, this year there are more than 200. Lots of noise when they all take flight.