Yep, I concur. My wife and I started birding in the Boston area in the late 
'60s. One favorite Brookline Bird Club trip was to Cape Ann in early 
January to look for Dovkies. Great fun; looking out over the ocean in 10 
deg, or less (that's Fahrenheit not Celcius :) ) temp. with the wind 
sometime blowing 10-15 mph into the face. Tears actually froze on the 
cheeks. Of course, the most fun was getting to somebodies house for hot 
chocolate. I can't remember snow ever being a problem, but it might have 
been during one of the 20 inch deep blizzards.

(sigh)


At 05:00 AM 1/22/05, you wrote:

>Hello All
>
>The recent string of mid-winter & other count postponements brings to mind
>why I miss New England - (Walter E. you can relate): I can't recall ever
>having a bird count in Burlington, VT postponed because of a little snow,
>let alone gale-force winds whipping off of a frozen Lake Champlain in
>sub-zero weather.
>
>(sigh).
>
>
>Carry on.
>
>
>
>**********************************
>Frank Boyle (birding in the snow)
>Rohrersville, MD
>
>**********************************
>
>
>"The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the
>oppressed."
>- Stephen Biko
>
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