Blustery

Yesterday, I was ready for some good fishing. I did catch a couple of really nice white perch. But mostly, all I got was blustery. You’ve probably heard that word before. I heard it a few days back when some weather experts from the National Weather Service were describing the current weather as “blustery”. I wasn’t exactly sure what they meant, but this week I think I learned first hand. Blustery. To believe the throbbing literary brains over at the Merriam-Webster dictionary, blustery weather is that which has a “violent boisterous blowing” quality and is usually very cold. A person who is “loudly boastful” or given to “threatening speech” also might be called blustery (like George when he beats me fishing or when I almost hook him with a treble hook). But scientists love to be more exact, so I looked on the NOAA’s online glossary of weather terms: “Blustery” means…  “Same as Breezy.” Hmmm, you’d think they’d want to avoid redundancy in the federal government. So I looked up breezy. That means days that have “15 to 25 m.p.h. winds.” Add cold and you’ve got a great combination… if you are a duck. So blustery means a lot of things. Mainly, to me, it means I’m bored and ready to go fishing so I’ll have something better to write about.  So hey, don’t get all blustery with me.

Soar with the Eagles:     Bald Eagles have been garnering a lot of interest in our area the past month or so. Kisatchie National Forest is hosting on eagles with nationally recognized biologist, conservationist and author David Hancock as the guest speaker. It is open to the public and free of charge. There will be two opportunities to learn more about bald eagles. The first will take place at Tunk’s Cypress Inn at 2 p.m. where Hancock will give a presentation called, “The Incredible Bald Eagle.” This presentation is geared more toward teens and adults and will last about one hour. The second part of the event will begin at 3 p.m. at the Kincaid Recreation Area picnic area. There will be a short guided hike to view the eagles and their nest. For more information and to RSVP for the event  call the Calcasieu Ranger District at 793-9427 or email Brandi Michel at bnmichel@fs.fed.us.