Snowy Lloyd Center entrance
Snowy Lloyd Center trail
As mentioned in recent waterfowl survey summaries, the last few winters have conjured images of global warming and climate change. Balmy temperatures and a green-brown, snow-less landscape have curtailed recreational activities, particularly for those that embrace traditional winter season and its snow cover. This season, winter finally returned with cold and snow, creating the old fashioned New England scene that we hope appears for our February walk series. However, we know coastal living is not winter-focused, and conditions were vintage south coast, providing brief snow cover that already has vanished with the arrival of meteorological spring. Temperatures ranged from cold to spring-like, and the landscape from brown-green of recent seasons to snow-covered, enough to view the birdlife that seeks refuge here in this harshest of seasons.