Phenology

Windy, cold, mix of rain & snow.  Highs in the upper 30's, lows in the upper twenties.  Low pressure will dominate the weather for the rest of the week.  This should melt the rest of the snow.  The rivers are all open and roaring at bank full.  Steelhead (rainbow trout) have not quite begun to make their way up the Cook County streams to spawn as cold water temperatures have led to little luck for anglers.  However, anglers lower down the shore have had decent luck this run.  The smelt run is in full tilt.  Smelt are small, bony fish that also ascend the North Shore streams in order to spawn.  Folks use a net to land these fish by the bucket-full.  The snowshoe hare is almost completely brown again.  Deer are still plentiful.  Juncos are feasting on our bird feeder daily.