Tree Is Up

 

The Christmas Tree is up and shinning in all it artificial glimmer. That's right, artificial! every bone in my body is telling this is just wrong. I swore that I would never have a artificial Christmas Tree in my house, but after three years of both Kim and I being allergic to fresh cut trees, we had to make the change. With the change to a new tree, comes a new color this year. This years Christmas theme Red and Green. More photo's to come of Red and Green.

What a Bill

One more stop before the sun sets and what do we find? One of my favorite ducks, a Northern Shoveler. But as luck would have it, the sun set just as we found him. One of these days, I will get a good photo of a Shoveler!

A sure sign that Winter is on it's way, was the arrival of the Redpolls. The Redpolls only come south, when the Boreal Forest in Canada is running short on Birch Tree seeds. This happens about every three years. The last time this occurred, we had record snow fall for our area. Could this be a sign?

The First Blast

The first true blast of cold and snow arrived on Monday and with that came all the birds to the feeders. Since I had Monday off, I spent most of the day in one of the National Wildlife Refuges in the area looking for something interesting. But by the end of the day, this Junco summed up how it felt most of the day.

The Road To Quiet

Since I don't have much to say this week, I thought I would revisit the road to quiet. If you ever want to find that place, were it is so quiet it hurts the ears. Then is is the road.