The Nature of Phenology: Black guillemots
by Hazel Stark
There are moments in winter that feel like living in a black-and-white photo. While February often boasts those bluebird days with bright sunlight bouncing off fluffy snow and casting mini sparkling rainbows everywhere if you care to look, those are the winter days we venture out into the most. The days when the sky is entirely overcast, perhaps even releasing some mixed precipitation—those are the days we are more apt to shut ourselves indoors.