Happy New Year

A bright sunny day

 This Cardinal and several of his cronies were enjoying the sun and very cold -10C temps

We had a little frost that the was melting quickly.

A bunch of birds

 Red-bellied Woodpecker out tapping the woods.

 Cedarwax wing

Bufflehead and Hooded Mergansers out on the lake held way off by the ice.

Boxing day through out the colonies

 The deer on the trail is hard to see just on the left way down the trail.

 This may feed the birds, but really pisses me off that hunters dump the bones back in the parking lot.

The bridge too far and too cold

Merry Christmas ... Yule is over the days are getting longer

 I didn't check my phone to see if the ice effects reception.

This is the biggest group of Turkeys that I have seen.  I have seen small groups here (see the post on Saturday), but this must be the whole family home for Christmas.

Deck the boughs ...

Sponsored by Grenville, my dog.

Birds of a feather ... at least they have feathers

 Turkeys near the road so we turned around and went back to shoot them.

I haven't seen this Bald Eagle since the ice went out on the lake.  Not sure where he has been all summer, but great to see him back.