We’ve been enjoying days in the 80s but the arctic blast has finally made it here. Now we’re doomed to highs in the 40s and 50s until the end of the week.
We’re expecting considerable sympathy from everyone we know.
Canvasback Duck
Not a common duck for us. Like most North American ducks, they spend summers up north, mostly in Canada and Alaska. Winter in the south as far down as Mexico. Sometimes we go an entire year without seeing one. This year I got lucky and found a few early.
Distinctive. Red head. Sloping face from the top of the head to the tip of the bill. White back. I wish I had really good pictures of them to share, but I don’t. They were kind of far away. The best one I got was this.
Good enough to prove I was there anyway.
Go Broncos!
They needed this win today to cement their place in the playoffs for the first time since Payton Manning took them to the Superbowl about ten years ago. They got the number 7 seed in the AFC.
And thank you Kansas City for not playing your starters…
Roseate Spoonbill
A southern bird, it lives along the Gulf Coast of the U.S. and the coasts of Mexico and Central America, but mostly in South America. It eats small fish and other tiny critters by swishing that big flat bill back and forth through the water.
Coyote
The photo I sent out a while back. It wasn’t the clear shot I wanted, but it was the best I could get through the windshield.
I wanted the coyote to finish crossing the road so I could see him out the side window with it rolled down. That would be a nice clear shot, much better lighting, but by the time he got across the road and I could get an unobstructed view, this was the only shot left.
The east end of a westbound coyote. Nice wild grass though, right?