Cold Days are for the Birds

We still have snow on the ground and temperatures tonight are well below freezing. During the day they crept up over the freezing point and we had a little bit of thawing.

Snow gives pictures a simpler look that can be elegant. It can fool the camera's controls though. Some of my cell phone pictures have a blue cast. I decided to brighten this first shot and make it black and white.

Saturday Critters / I'd Rather Be Birdin'

 

Sometimes "happy little accidents" make fun pictures. This sparrow was perched on a branch when I pressed the button.

I found Renard sitting in the snow. He's the fox statue that we brought back from the house we sold in Bryce Resort. 

Our back yard is covered with tracks of geese and ducks. Here I found some wing marks. I guess he took flight. 

Just outside our neighborhood I saw a different kind of tracks.

Since I mentioned geese and ducks, allow me to switch back to a "real" camera for two photos of them. The geese are marching across my yard.

The duck was eating under a bird feeder. I believe it is a muscovy hybrid.