It may be spring in Maine and NB, but we're a long way from spring here in N. British Columbia.

I went out today with my camera to look for early Robins or Red-winged Blackbirds returning to the frozen North. The only birds I saw were European Starlings and Crows. It felt so very cold at -12º C (10º F) with the 28km/h (17 mph)wind that I lost all sensation in my fingers and wondered if they would ever recover.