Let the melting begin

On 27 April 2014, I went with a group of friends to Frank Lake for the day. It started off extremely foggy with a touch of hoarfrost. Perhaps not the ideal weather for seeing birds, but the fog did eventually clear and the sun came out. It turned out to be a beautiful day and most enjoyable.

We saw 53 bird species - all, except for two owl nests, were extremely distant, so any photos I took are so far away. Have to admit that I was fascinated by the hoar frost and (melting) ice crystals, so I spent some time taking photos of these while my friends checked out the lake for distant sightings of birds. Before long, every ice crystal had melted and our winter wonderland had vanished.