My attempt to use all five senses to observe my site started off quickly as the first thing I noticed as I walked toward my spot this weekend was a sound I hadn't heard for a long time: the sound of waves. The ice had finally totally disappeared, leaving the wind free to blow the water onto the shore.
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| No more ice! |
Continuing on the theme of other senses, the water felt extremely cold! It may no longer be iced over, but it sure doesn't feel very far above freezing. I don't know whether the cold dampened the smells, or I'm just not very good at smelling things, but I couldn't pick out the characteristic smell of sand and water that is stereotypical of beaches everywhere. Perhaps the sun needs to come out and warm the ground up before I'll be able to smell anything.
The air was also filled with the sounds of water fowl of all sorts this weekend. Swimming together in the lake were a pair of Canadian Geese, a pair of Mallard Ducks, and a pair of some other type of duck that I wasn't quite sure of, Buffleheads maybe? I thought it was neat that the different species were all swimming around together.
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| The pair of Canadian Geese |
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| The two pairs of ducks |
There wasn't really anything for me to use my sense of taste on; I'm not sure of the edible properties of any of the plants near my site and I don't really want to risk it!
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