February 1998 Storm in the Kittitas Valley
Migrating Robins Find Refuge in Apple Orchard

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In February, a huge storm blew through in the night, from the south, an unusual direction. I could hear the wind battering the house and the black walnut tree's branches rubbing the roof. In the morning, I walked out on the balcony and saw the slightest bit of new snow and robins. Every where I looked -- the corkscrew willow by the house and the apple trees across the driveway were filled with robins. Thousands and thousands of tired-looking birds, eating. Breakfasting on the naturally dried apples that hadn't been harvested and Mom's hawthorne tree's berries. A resting place in the orchard, for a day.

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