Birds of New Years Day

I took my annual New Years Day drive down to Provincetown, and it was one of the coldest trips I ever undertook.  Wind chill factor was below 0 and I couldn't stay out of the car more than a few minutes.  But it was satisfactory, and here are some photos.

Horned Lark

Sanderling (next four as well)

Hopping on one foot to conserve heat?

Red-breasted Merganser

Common Loon

RB Merg 

Race Point, probably minus 20 degrees with the chill factor.

Common Eider

Common, but beautiful

Exiting the Cape Cod Canal on the North side.

Frozen Duxbury Bay, Monday AM

Heritage Lights, Scott and family

A a temp of 7 degrees, we went to Heritage Gardens for the annual light festival.  It was bitter, but we survived it, and here are pictures to prove it!

In the gift shop, getting ready to face the cold.

And in  to it.

The carrousel

Back to the snack bar, trying to warm up, and marshmallows.