Unusual morning just as it begins
to warm up for several days.
The seabreeze is in early,
as it has been over the last week
or so.

I swim at North Cott
then cut across to the lake.

There’s bardoongooba
the shoveler, back for the first time
in quite a while.

Two ngoonan teals
are out in the open,
as are a yet black duck with three 
young ducklings who, 
in the centre of the lake,
look like they’re crossing
a vast ocean.

Wimbin the pink ear
is out and about in this southern part,
as are a couple of boodoo
blue bills,
both of whom have been
hanging out in the northern part
of the lake.

Near the gazebo,
later,
wayan the white-faced heron
comes in to land on a dead log,
scattering a couple of wimbin.

There’s a change in the air today.
Perhaps most noticeable 
in the switching of wind
I notice on the drive home.
The seabreeze has stoped, 
about 11am, and it has gone
offshore, again.
Strange.