{"id":6048,"date":"2016-02-22T22:56:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T03:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/?p=6048"},"modified":"2016-02-22T22:56:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T03:56:46","slug":"winter-2014-2015-photojournal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/2016\/02\/22\/winter-2014-2015-photojournal\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter 2014-2015 Photojournal"},"content":{"rendered":"

With one month left of winter, a look at last year’s long-lasting cold and snowy winter in Glen Providence Park!<\/strong>\u00a0Snow started early with a dusting at Thanksgiving, and it snowed 5″ on March 20, the spring equinox! It had already snowed 10.5″ early in March, triple-snowdating our Early Spring Cleanup<\/a><\/strong> – there was still snow on the ground on March 22, so we removed invasive vines.<\/p>\n

The glen is just magical with a coating of snow – and so peaceful on cold morning walks!<\/strong> It’s a quiet thrill to walk the trails in the snow with no footprints before you. Of course on school snow days the sledding hill<\/strong> is bustling, with activity mounting\u00a0\u00a0through the afternoon! We don’t stop working in the winter – when the temperature rises above 35 degrees on Friday mornings, we work on removing invasive plants <\/a><\/strong>along the trails.<\/p>\n

Despite the cold, there was no shortage of birds to observe –<\/strong> it is always amazing to see how wildlife endures the harsh temperatures. There were Mourning Doves<\/strong> bracing against a windchill of 9 degrees, and Red-tail and Cooper’s Hawks<\/strong> in the snow. A pair of endearing Eastern Bluebirds<\/strong> visited in February, a Brown Creeper<\/strong> made an appearance at our Bird Walk, and year-round park residents Red-bellied Woodpecker<\/strong>,\u00a0Tufted Titmouse, <\/strong>and many others\u00a0brightened the winter woods.<\/p>\n

Undeterred by the snow and cold, our monthly events last winter were our 4th\u00a0Christmas Bird Count<\/a><\/strong> in December, a Bird Walk<\/a><\/strong> in January, and an especially cold\u00a080th Anniversary History & Nature Walk<\/a><\/strong> in February.<\/p>\n

You can click on any photo below for a closer look, and there are more pictures in our facebook albums<\/a><\/strong>. You can compare our 2014-2015 winter to other years in my photojournals starting in 2011<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t