consworld

A February image that I liked the moment I looked out and saw the bird and one of last year’s leaves clinging to the top branches of an aspen.

Birds, winter

The pigmy nuthatch comes close to me to get a seed from the just-filled feeder. The finch waits in the trees until I’ve gone back in the house to take his turn at the seed mixture.

Birds

Western bluebird and two hungry mouths to feed. The nest is high in an old aspen. I cropped away more than half the image I was able to capture from a respectful distance with my telephoto zoom extended to 400mm.

Birds

Birds

Birds

Summer’s finally here and so are ducklings. My first sighting of the tiny yellow and brown swimmers was on an early morning walk around the lakes at Lower Lake Ranch.

Clouds overhead reflect white in the dark water while low morning sunlight traveled up the valley to light this straggler.

The reflections changed as I moved around the lake. Light changed, too, cloudy one moment, a bit of bright sun the next.

Birds, Lower Lake Ranch

Goose with goslings, one of the images I’m printing for bookmarks this year.

Birds, Lower Lake Ranch