Somes Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary
The Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary is dedicated to conservation, research, and education in the Somes Pond-Long Pond watershed and beyond
Wow, what a beautiful morning! The 5-6 inches of heavy, clinging snow last night won't last long on the trees with the strong sun and temps rising from 28° to the mid-upper 40s today. Thankful that there's no wind to knock the snow off the branches, for the moment.
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One more night of very cold temperatures - cold enough to freeze sea water. All of Somes Harbor is frozen over, but that will be changing with a big warmup later this week and next. Hard to believe we'll be near 50° after three months of steady cold.
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The most notable features of our snowshoe walk at the Sanctuary yesterday morning were snow stripes on the majority of trees throughout the forest from Monday night's blizzard. Amazing how long they had lasted. The snow was really sintered onto the tree trunks on surfaces perpendicular to the wind direction (N). There was no question which way the wind pushed the snow crystals four nights before.
There was drifting and scouring of snow depending on how exposed or protected the site was, but we were glad to have snowshoes on. Only deer and red squirrels had been moving on the surface. Coyotes and foxes would likely have broken through the surface crusty layer into the sugary snow below - not worth the energy cost.
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