Wind is down today and the snow predicted is falling gently. Probably not a good idea to get back to snow clearing just yet. Temps are positive for the first time in days too. Cattle are lying further apart now and not even grouping so close when they are standing. They lie where they are rather than seeking out the windbreak.
I may have seen the pheasant Andrew saw with the pigs the other day, running across the pasture, so this one didn't die in the wind. Drifting snow is dangerous for them because they tend to hunker down against the wind and sometimes can get drifted over deep enough not to be able to break through. This can be seen in spring. Pheasant carcasses sometimes line the inside slope of the windward side of the drainage ditches, where they are huddled against the wind.
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