A blanket of snow covers the ground.
All the world settles down.
Listening is in our nature.
Robert
Robert or Bob to his friends.
Just a few days ago we were intently watching a Rabbit forage on some exposed grass when they suddenly became alert and sat up tall with ears wide open. We thought we had startled her when suddenly and silently off in the distance we spotted this North American Bobcat on the prowl thus explaining the rabbits alertness, and for good reason, as Rabbits are a Bobcats main food.
The Bobcat wandered around for just a moment without detecting the rabbit and quickly disappeared into the forest below. A truly beautiful cat and one we seldom see more than once a year.
Little Sticks
This Mule Deer was hanging out eyeing a couple other males with much larger racks off across the way perhaps dreaming of joining them.
Maybe next year.
Winter Sun
In spite of lacking heat the winter sun still warms the day.
Scruffy
On Saturday at mid-morning we spotted this Coopers hawk tidying up a bit on a broken old Cottonwood branch. He looked like he has had a bit of a rough time lately with his feathers looking downright scruffy. After a half hour or so of preening his feathers were back in fine order and he was off again hunting in nearby woods.
Hey Kiddo
Finding a sprig of green grass is not an easy task this time of year.
Hats off to you Kiddo.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend and your own personal sprig of green grass.
Reliable places
It nice to have reliable places to go when you just need a wildlife fix. This day we visited one of our favorite places to view Bighorn Sheep. While reliable some days you only get a glimpse through the binoculars while some days you get a much closer view.
This day the view was almost too close to photograph with the long lens we had attached to the camera as this big Ram moved down a hill and into view.
Anyway we did get a nice view and it looks like this big guy has gotten good use of this horns.
Fall Colors
An American Goldfinch rests perches between nibbles on last summers coneflower crop. Both dressed smartly in their respective fall colors.
Woodhouse Scrub Jay
The Woodhouse Scrub Jay is found throughout the drier regions of the southwestern United States in a variety of habitats ranging from scrub oak forests to stands of pinion pines. This day we noticed a persistent rustling in a stand of scrub oak tree and we pleased to find this Woodhouse Scrub jay.
Scrub-jays of the West evolved in two very different habitats: oak woodlands and montane pinyon pine stands. Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jays live mainly among pinyon pine trees. They developed relatively thin, pointed bills that are adept at getting at the pine nuts hidden between pine cone scales. California Scrub-Jays live around oak trees and have developed stouter, more hooked bills that help them hammer open acorns.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Woodhouses_Scrub-Jay/overview#
Scrub Oak and Scrub Jay a nice way to start the day.
When the storm clears
As the storm whipped up the waves and the rain came down sideways a land-bound and lonely looking Brandt Goose looks longingly out to sea waiting for the storm to clear. This goose looked to be alone and we sure hope they caught up to their flock when the storm finally cleared the next afternoon.
nature has no boss 
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