January is here and it is cold outside. Time to slip on that extra hoody and head out to the local pond to watch the male Hooded Mergansers strutting their stuff trying to impress the females.
Tag: ecology
Speaking Softly
Two trees speaking softly through the mists created by our planets inner heat. Yellowstone National Park.
Smooth Sailing
Quiet, calm and smooth is good way to start the week. Photographed while kayaking off the west coast of Vancouver Island, BC.
Well Hello There
Nothing like a nice hello to get the day started and this morning a female mallard is saying hello to her friend on the pond. Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, Monte Vista, CO.
Steam Heat
Heat from that molten iron core making its way to the surface. Burr…it cold out there. Yellowstone , NP.
Antelope and Hills
Inseparable from the grassland beneath the mountains and hills an Antelope enjoys a meal. Yellowstone, NP.
Western Grebe
We hardly ever see Western Grebes on the ponds around here this time of year so this one must have been a bit of a straggler on their migration. I hope they got on track and found their way to warmer climates. Denver, CO.
Fall Bighorn
Hopefully this fall foliage did the trick and helped this little Bighorn Sheep put on a few pounds for the winter ahead. Near Gardiner, MT.
Up The Slate
Looking up the Slate River as Paradise Divide is coved in clouds on a late fall/early winter morning.
Crested Butte, CO.
Silence is.
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Looking across the San Luis Valley from Penitente Canyon on a chilly November afternoon. A beautiful place to take a walk and quiet the mind even when the sky is grey. Silence is indeed golden or better yet silent.
nature has no boss 
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