Deliberate yet for reasons not fully understood six months have whizzed by with a single post. One part image fatigue and two parts something else.
Instead of daily how about just every now and then.
Tag: ecosystem
Showing Off
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A male Hooded Merganser showing off the ladies.
Unfortunetly, the lady of his desires seemed to be showing little interest in his display.
The Local
Even when that big mob of Pine Siskin’s moved into the neighborhood last week the locals took it all in stride and here’s one of our favorites.
Thirsty
Maybe a common sight, but every drink is different.
The way the water droplets fall from the bill of this wonderful female Mallard brings endless possibilities for observation.
On the bull kelp
A tiny Yellow Rumped Warbler found the bull kelp a perfect perch for hunting sand flies and other small insects on the beach. This girl would quickly dart down form the kelp to snag a small meal and quickly return to her perch. Seeing her sitting on the head of the bull kelp made us realize just how small she was. We watched a documentary about songbirds the other night called The Messenger. Here is a link to the website http://songbirdsos.com
It is a very timely reminder about what a world without song birds would be like.
Into the morning sun
A morning ski on the Blacktail Plateau in Yellowstone National Park. Tracked by nature yet not trampled.
Looking out – Looking in
On a recent very chilly morning while the rest of the house finches were visiting the feeders one very curious gentleman decided to take a minute and see what was going on inside the house. It was a short but nice chat, but given the quantity of seed a little bird needs to eat to keep warm at -10, he was quickly went back to his business at the feeder.
Sunshine
Thus far our winter has been more gray then sunny and much less snowy than we would like it. However looking out and seeing this Rocky Mountain Cottontail provided us that proverbial sunshine on a cloudy day and a smile to our faces.
Without fanfare
On a morning that dawned without fanfare and the sun decided to hide.
A female mule deer endures light snow and minus 8 on her quest for a winter meal.
A Cold Fog
Sometimes it’s warm and foggy and other times it’s cold and foggy. This was a morning the earth could see it’s breath and I was looking for an extra layer to wear under my old down jacket.
nature has no boss 
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