A raggedy chinook. It brought the temperatures up to 0 and then dissolved and cleared the skies and then the thermometer sank to crispy

The eagle waits patiently on her perch for a meal. She takes birds now at this time of year, she will swoop down and pluck a duck off the ice or grab a seagull out of the air. The deep snow has covered the ground and hidden her regular diet of voles and mice. The rodents are living out their winter in peace and relative security under a very thick blanket of snow over their roofs. They are unseen by the eagle, their other enemies the coyotes, can be heard approaching and a cautious mouse will hold its breath and wait until the hungry predator passes by.