Friday, December 18, 2009

Aerie Report, December 18, 2009

After attending her EGA luncheon today, Terry headed off to New Jersey to beat the snow storm that is hitting the east coast. If she had stayed to participate in the Christmas Bird Count tomorrow, she would have been arriving several hours after the snow is supposed to arrive. The prognosticators are saying the snow will accumulate to a depth of 6 to 10 inches in the area of NYC through Sunday afternoon.

Here at the Aerie, we're in the 1 to 3 inch zone.

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As I mentioned, the Christmas Bird Count takes place tomorrow. I'll be taking the cameras and the Tundra over to Hammond Lake (Ive's Run) and along the Railroad Grade Trail that runs along Crooked Creek. Members of the Tiadaghton Audubon Society will gather at a member's house at 2 PM to tally up and submit our findings over a hot bowl of chili and more. With sunrise at around 7:30 AM, I figure to be out around 7 AM for breakfast and coffee at Mickey D's before hitting the lake shore.

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Not much else happening around here.

I did light another fire today since the afternoon temperature never got above 24 degrees. The snow storm would normally bring in some warmer air from the south and off the ocean but that won't happen tomorrow. Apparently the storm center will be staying a bit further out to sea or the cold air that is entrenched over us just won't get out of the way. In either case, the forecast is for it to get up to around 25 again tomorrow afternoon before the snow arrives and the night time temps drop to around 15 degrees. (The average high is 36 for this date. The average low is 20.)


1 comment:

threecollie said...

Have a great time on the bird count! Ours is next week and I am hoping for some decent weather.