But then again with the sun out and the rain no longer pouring down this might be a Cormorants idea of a picnic.
Tag: wildlife photography
A fine day
A fine day for all.
A skier watching a duck watching a skier all surrounded by sun and steam.
A splash of summer
Well, yes it is only March, and winter will be hanging around, but who can resist a splash of summer just a little before it’s time.
A flash of red moving in the canopy lead us to a beautiful Summer Tanager perched overhead. These birds are specialized hunters of bees and wasps. Catching them on the wing and managing to avoid getting stung and removing the stinger by rubbing thier prey on a tree branch prior to confining their meal.
Most of our encounters with the brilliant colored males were looking through dense foliage however once and awhile one managed to land in clear sight and in camera view.
A little splash of summer on a late winters day.
Black on Blue
On a crisp and sunny February morning we spent some time watching a group of Crows playing around on an iced over lake. We were unable to tell what they were doing even after half an hour of observation. Could it have been looking for food, either embedded into the ice, or under it? Or were they just admiring their handsome reflections on the ice? Or who knows what. Anyway, it was fun to observe them walking ever so gingerly to avoid slipping around and peering into the ice for a reason we were unable to determine.
Reflecting Pool-2
The sun breaking through the clouds to reflect on itself on a cold winters day in the upper geyser basin of Yellowstone National Park.
Gone Bananas
While I am not a big fan of bananas this Variegated Squirrel sure was.
The Variegated Squirrel is a medium sized tree squirrel found broadly throughout Central America. A diurnal squirrel that rarely ventures onto the ground foraging and nesting in the trees.
It is funny how seeing a species of animal that is so similar yet so different, in this case a squirrel, from those in our day to day lives can elicit a deep internal wow.
For example, when a red squirrel passes us by in the forest nearby we don’t give a second glance, but we stood and watched this guy as long as we could remarking on the colors of their fur and behavior similar yet different from the squirrels in our forests at home.
Happy Friday and wishing you a wonderful weekend and perhaps a little something different?
Who Me?
A little eye to eye with a Black Capped Chickadee on a chilly and snowy afternoon.
Solitaire
A Townsend’s Solitaire foraging for Juniper berries as February rolls along.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend.
Mountain Man
Or mountain Women.
Make no bones about it, Mountain Chickadees are tough little birds. Surviving the northern winters while many other songbirds have migrated to warmer climates in the south.
Hypnotized
Instead of the usual scolding I almost got hypnotized by this Red Squirrel.
Look into my eyes he said, from now on you will feed the squirrels and not the birds.
It was so close all I could think about was putting a bog of peanuts on the grocery list but he couldn’t help himself and started with his squawking.
nature has no boss 
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