The mid-December sun, traveling low across southern sky casts long shadows on the icey blue face of a small pond and gently lights the landscape beyond. Decembers light is like no other and helps me keep track of the time like no wall calendar or wristwatch can.
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Mrs. Shovler
With winter finally making it our way so have the Northern Shovelers who overwinter on the ponds and lakes in our area. This Female Northern Shoveler was busy foraging for food on Clear Creek on a chilly December morning.
In the tree tops
We watched this Coopers Hawk move move about from tree to tree ever vigilant for and aware of their potential next meal. Although we did not see the chase we saw the result as squirrel was on this Hawks menu.
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All eyes on you
Cloaked in the warmth of wing feathers a Mallard pair sits quietly yet alert while soaking up the suns warming rays on a cold December morning. Clear Creek in Denver, CO.
After the snow
A great Blue Heron takes off form along the edge of the pond after a recent snow. Denver, CO.
Spotted Towhee
A Spotted Towhee perched in the now leafless late fall forest.
Looking a bit less like a funky chicken that he did a few weeks back. https://naturehasnoboss.com/2016/11/22/spotted-towhee-2/
In fact he looks downright stately.
Thanks for Dropin’ in
We would like to thank this handsome gentleman for dropping in on the party we had the other day. While we were sitting quietly on a creek bank waiting for an American Dipper to move into camera range this guy unexpectedly plopped into the water right in front of us. He swam around for a few minutes and then made his way over to the other ducks on the creek for a little networking and snacks. Clear Creek in Denver, CO.
More Dried Fuirt
Cedar Waxwings picking over the same patch of dried berries that the Robins found appealing in yesterdays post. We only see the Waxwings for a week each year and only in the fall. This year they were right on schedule and arrived sometime during the last week of November and had departed by last weekends walk through the woods.
Dried Fruit
When the fresh fruit runs out it’s a good thing the pantry is stocked with dried.
An American Robin picking over a patch of dried berries on a December afternoon. Denver, CO.
In lost light
A black Capped Chickadee sat singing a-dee-dee-dee in the now lost light of a small local woodlands. Even with the sun at high noon this patch of shrubs remains dimly light. Yet when the chickadee sings the forest feels bright.
nature has no boss 
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