Posts Tagged ‘birds in winter’
Ghostly geese
Posted: January 21, 2020 in NatureTags: birds in fog, birds in winter, fog, geese, McDowell Forest Preserve, McDowell Forest Preserve in winter, Nature
Lens Artists #73: cold
Posted: November 23, 2019 in Lens-Artist Photo ChallengeTags: birds, birds in winter, cold, Lens Artists Photo Challenge, Lens Artists Photo Challenge #73: cold, McDowell Forest Preserve, McDowell Forest Preserve in winter, snow, winter
Tina’s challenged us to show “cold” this week. I’ve lived in the Midwest my entire life except for some years in Colorado, so I’m not only used to the cold, but I really enjoy winter. As we’re moving to Arizona next spring, I plan to enjoy this last winter to the max.
However, we humans aren’t on the front line when it comes to the cold.
“Nothing burns like the cold.”
~George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
Wordless Wednesday…Seeing red.
Posted: February 14, 2018 in Animals, Nature, Wordless WednesdayTags: animals, birds, birds in winter, cardinals, male cardinal, Nature, red, Seeing red, winter, winter birds, winter color, Wordless Wednesday
Weekly Photo Challenge: Growth…pufferbelly
Posted: January 3, 2018 in Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: birds, birds in winter, growth, Nature, pufferbelly, Weekly Photo Challenge, Weekly Photo Chanllege: Growth, winter
This week’s theme is “Growth”. Although Jen’s lovely shot of spring makes me happy, real happiness at this time of year would be temperatures above zero degrees Fahrenheit, both the actual temperature and with wind chill! As I said to her, “Simple joys!” I think our furnace would rejoice as well.
A strange phenomenon is winter is the growth in the circumference of birds. As you can see, this fellow has puffed up much larger than his original self, just trying to keep warm. His expression says it all: “I’m SO ready for spring.” 🙂
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