Sunday, January 13, 2008
Washington Post

All those icy video clips from Iowa and New Hampshire made a fellow nostalgic for winter. We used to have winter here but lately all we get are glimpses -- a day or two of northwest wind, frost on the windshield one morning, a dusting of snow overnight. Then it's back to sunbathing on the porch and watching the forsythias bud prematurely.

Climate change can be hard on a waterfowl hunter. Without a frigid blast from Jack Frost, ducks and geese have little reason to move. They can lounge around on open water all day, far from duck blinds and other land-bound trouble spots. It's not till the wind picks up, snow blows and ice forms that they get hungry -- and antsy.

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