Yes it’s snowing lightly and yes it’s cold outside yet the sight of the sun behind the snow is a sight that say everything is right with the world today. It’s all here and it’s all in order.
Tag: environment
On the ice
A Ruffed Grouse walking across a small frozen pond covered with spruce needles is something I have not seen. Those fully feathered legs must keep her warm on her winter journeys.
Happy 2019
Wishing you peace and happiness throughout the New Year.
Vixen Geyser, Yellowstone National Park.
Peeking over the ridge
A small group of Bison peek over the ridge and are greeted by the golden glow of late afternoon light.
YNP, October 2018
Youth
With the morning sunshine warming her face a young elk begins their day.
Wintery Mix
When the forecast calls for a wintery mix where the rain will quickly turn to snow a White tailed doe decides the best thing to do is just hunker down and wait it out.
Winter Light
enjoying a bit of late afternoon sunlight peeking through… soft and warm on a cold winters day.
spinning round and round
It’s a curious thing..always spinning round and round on our axis… around the sun we go yet never really aware of it. For some reason this small snippet of landscape reminded me we are indeed moving along in a circular path and it’s always nice to be reminded of how things are.
The Creeper returns.
While the nuthatches and chickadees visit the spruce trees in droves each winter we typically see only one or maybe two Brown Creepers busy foraging in the trees. We suspect they are after the seed that the nuthatches have just hidden.
Easy pickings or are they still searching for insects?
White-tailed Buck
A young White Tailed Buck resting quietly on a snowy morning. From the looks of his antlers he has had a few tussles with other young buck this fall. Now that the rut is over it’s time to relax and make it though the winter.
nature has no boss 
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