images as thoughts
We tend to see more foxes prowling the snowfields of winter than we see each summer. Perhaps it’s the fact our daily schedules are compressed into a similar time period with the days being so short. It’s definitely easier to be out and about at dusk and dawn when the sun does not rise much before 7:30am. and sets at 5:00pm. That’s one good thing abut winter.
Just a small bit of color therapy on a grey winters day.
With horns just beginning to poke out and perhaps a bit of grass suck to his mouth a young Pronghorn forages on a sunlight winter day.
Somewhere behind the silence of the snow and lodgepole pines is the sound of clear blue sky. Winter has a special silence that you can hear if you take the time to listen. Yellowstone National Park, Jan 2015.
It rained and it rained and it rained but this Gull just took it it in stride perched on a magnificent weathered log along the Northern California Coast.
Not to play favorites the Black Capped Chickadee takes center stage as the week winds to a close
Happy Friday and enjoy your weekend.
A little Mountain Chickadee keeping us company on a long winters day. Staying warm and eating well in winter is no small feat or such a little bird yet evolution has served them well with several physiological and behavioral adaptations let remain through winter where most other birds have left. The link below provides a nice account of how Chickadees and other Northern Species make it through the winter her in North America.
Reference: From All About Birds Website
