Day 10.048: Snow, snow buntings, no bunting

Here are some pictures from our short weekend walk on the Eastern Trail at Scarborough Marsh. The trail was snow covered in places and much of the water on the marsh was frozen (including some puddles that were reflecting the blue sky very attractively), but the marsh was definitely coming to life. We saw these pretty snow buntings and common merganser and the (probably) returning geese found the marsh starting to recover its distinctive smell as the ice loosens its grip.

And here are some of the family goofing around: