Huntley Meadows

Back from an hour at Huntley Meadows. Marsh has been frozen over since early December, so waterfowl except for Canada Geese have been mostly absent. Did see what I'm thinking were a pair of Black Ducks, which are fairly rare these days as the Mallards interbreed with and displace them. About 200 geese out on the ice and what looked like several hundred crows scavenging for whatever the dropping water level has exposed. Apart from a few radio towers looming over the trees, Huntley Meadows always feels like some much wilder place out in the woods somewhere, especially in 31 degree temps with a gray cloudy overcast. Lots of people out on the boardwalk today.