Christmas around the ranch

 I watched this Red Christmas Fox pounce several times right there, but I didn't see him catch anything.  Not sure what he was up to.

 When I got out to get his picture he just stood and posed for me.   He wouldn't pounce.

These Turkeys in a field down the road would have been just what a fox needed for a Christmas dinner.

Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas

Merry Christmas

the Christmas gnomes were out yesterday but had snow on them today.

A bit of color in the snow today.

Merry Christmas

In the recent snow.

 The Christmas gnomes are hiding in the snow until they go forth on Christmas day

The Gulls and Geese share the open water on the gulf course.

Stalactites

It has been very cold these past few days.  These are growing and living on.

Deer in the way.

These girls will survive this years hunting season.

Flint Creek Cascades

 Flint Creek is flowing  full with the melted snow and rain we have had lately.

 Cold but a nice day

Falls

 Taughannock Falls

Ice falls on my house

This is not letting me respond to the comment so:  the falls were taken yesterday, Thanksgiving.  The Icicles were today.  The trees were in the sun but the falls were in a dark hole.  When I lighten the image I may have over done the trees making it look like fall ... hey it is fall.  Very cold cool either day. 

Along the trial today

 A Red- Bellied Woodpecker hunts for dinner

 A deer looks to keep from being dinner

A female Cardinal enjoys dinner

Week #2 of 013Nov

 These are the things We saw this week.  These I thing are Rose hips.

 Notice how they have smothered the tree.

 This guy just watched as we passed

 We did get our first real snow.

It lasted for most of the day.

Fall

 The Milkweed is spreading it's wings

The Squirrel is all about the fall and trying to hang in there.

First snow

 Not all the Mallards have moved south yet

 The Christmas Nomes Trolls have been returned next to the bridge where this Jack-o-lantern was placed before Holloween

 The snow also returned today.  The trail as we saw it.

The snow did not bather these golfers.  Don't know if they ever did find the ball.

Turkeys look at Thanksgiving

These guys were in the field next to the trail today, but didn't stick around very long when they saw my Hunting Orange.  They must be local because Canada's Thanksgiving was a couple weeks ago.

Birds

 This Red Tailed Hawk would not wait for a nice portrait

I was taking a picture of the broken limbs on the tree caused by the overload of apples when this Downy Woodpecker insisted on a picture

Pumpkins

 Someone dragged these guys out to the bridge a lot of work after having spent all the time carving them.

Brad got it right with my dog.

Local color

 Sorry about not posting for so long I will make a better effort to post at least once a week if not more often.

Pix from the past several days

 Sunrise was unusually great

 When the leaves are changing there is little probability of someone swimming

 Northern Finches I took the picture the lower right guy and discovered the others in post processing

This must be a milkweed but not the normal ones we see.

Conflagration

 Need smoke detectors? Here is the fire just starting at 05:11:57

 

Here is the house 5 mins later at 05:16:27

 

This old house was burned down and made for a grand spectacle this morning

Autumn begins

A Blue Jay  contemplates the wild grapes.

Egrets