This evening, a trio of us spent a frigid 90 minutes scanning the marshes along the Maurice River as part of Cape May Bird Observatory's annual wintering raptor survey. Fingers went numb in a manner of minutes, and the three of us hopped and jumped and jogged in place and did calisthenics between our timed scans, trying to keep warm. It made me wonder how waterbirds cope; how can they stand having their unfeathered legs and feet in the frozen mud and icy water at this time of year?
North along the Maurice River
Westward across the salt marsh
Snow Geese gathered as dusk approached.
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