Winter Wonderland II

I made a short detour down to the river after work yesterday to get a few photos before the snow fell off the trees. Our last big snowfall was on Wednesday morning but the snow has held fast to the trees because it has been cold and calm. It truly was a winter wonderland. Maralee

Winter Wonderland

This year is the most snow Bend has had since 1993 . . . and the winter is still young. I have been shoveling lots and lots of snow. Yesterday the sun came out for a while and it was truly a winter wonderland. It's supposed to be nice for the next few days before …

Kinglet

We may be getting a reprieve from the deluge of snow we've had. The weather people are saying there hasn't been this much snow here in 24 years. I wasn't here then, but I can attest to the fact that we have a LOT of snow. But the little birdies are still coming out to …

Pigeons

These were taken on the one nice day we had last week - one of the few days we haven't gotten any snow. I'm not a big pigeon fan but they do have some beautiful coloring when the sun hits them just right. I love the iridescent purple and green. Maralee

Flicker

On Saturday when we were having all the snow falling, I was excited to see a northern flicker in the new maple tree we had planted this fall. It stayed for a few minutes . . . long enough for me to get my camera and take a few shots. And I was able to …