The sky speaks of summer, the wind blows hard and cold and the landscape longs for the snows that have yet to arrive.
The time between winter and spring suggests there are more than four seasons.
Denver, CO.
Tag: ecosystem
Landscape Painting ?
Every color under the sun in 3 square meters of a perfectly painted landscape. Near lake Kleifarvatn in Iceland July 2013.
As the sun set
A pair of Redheaded ducks enjoying the last of the evening light.
As we roll into March the ducks that overwinter on our ponds and rivers are quickly moving back to their summer breeding grounds. How quickly the seasons change and time marches on.
When winter met spring
Late one night winters breath blew and gave us the snow.
In the morning spring awoke bringing us sun and warmth.
When winter meets spring is a fine time of year.
Boys are back
Sitting high in a frosty tree top keeping a lookout or so it seems. The male Red Winged Blackbirds are back in the area. They have yet to descend to the cattails surrounding the local marsh and are hanging out high in the tree tops perhaps to get that first view of when the ladies return.
Denver, CO.
Willet
A Willet soaking up the warmth of the sun.
As a new month dawns winter remains lurking just around the corner yet it’s grips has lost much strength.
March bring many things including the promise of spring.
Just an hour or so
Just and an hour or so it seems was all it took for this ephemeral hoar frost to be blown from the branches surrounding a small pond and melted by the morning sun.
Along Clear Creek in Denver CO.
On a small stick
A male Downey Head Woodpecker looking for a meal on a dried stalk of dried queen Anne’s lace Usually we see these guys scurrying about in the much larger trees pecking away looking for a meal. This day we were surprised to hear the pleasant pecking of a downey head on this small plant. Surprises do come in small packages.
What Remains?
What remains when a tree breathes no more?
Winter Loon
This common loon swam right by us as we were kayaking in a lagoon just off the Pacific Ocean. While not quite as flashy in the winter as in breeding season, I found this loon to be a beautiful bird nonetheless.
Photographed along the Northern California Coast.
nature has no boss 
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