My new weather forecasting experts

So a little over two weeks ago we had weather with temps in the 70's.  The week before we had had some snow predicted, and got a little bit.  The night before the snow, I went walking and took my first pictures of "Pelican Island", and the pelicans in flight.  They seemed quite happy on their sandbar, with the approaching snow, and evidently stayed put through the cold, and into the next week.

That next week with the 70 degree temperatures, I went out and took more pictures of the pelicans.   On Sunday of that week, the temp had dropped into the low 40s and high 30s in the afternoon (24 hours from the 70 degrees), and I went to check out the pelicans.  They were gone, no sign of them, totally disappeared in 24 hours.   Snow was predicted for about 36 hours later, and I started thinking 'uh oh', if the pelicans have completely disappeared, what are we in for?

The answer was the largest single snow fall in the city's history.   It was quite shocking for everyone in terms of the impact on travel and the city, and we just now received more snow, although not nearly as much.

Also as is typical, when the roads were still treacherous with snow, and ice, there were many people out on the river paths, which had (priorities and all) been plowed, unlike the streets.

But today, the sun is starting to peek through the clouds, and this weekend promises temps in the 50's, which is much more typical of our weather....snow one day, shorts and t-shirts the next.

From here on out though, I'm listening to the pelicans to determine when to worry about snow, and when to not!