On my round trip over 520 this morning I saw a pair of ospreys on mid-span light standards, a blue heron on the north fountain, Canada geese flying overhead, an entire convocation of pigeons on a signpost over the Arboretum, and too many glaucous seagulls to count. But no bald eagles. It is a beautiful day in the northwest. Our snow has nearly disappeared, the backyard snowman has been reduced to a torso. The weather people say we are going to see 60 degrees and a week of warm sunshine the end of January into early February. After the wintry weather we have experienced recently that is welcome news indeed.