Unseasonably warm weather

Mallards on the pond

Plant by pond's edge

It has been unseasonably warm this winter.  An early snow has since melted, and water has formed on top of the ice. In order to find snow one has to travel to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Earlier in the week there were winds of up to 45 m.p.h.  More global weirding it seems.

Female cardinal snacking on a buckthorn berry