Lake Update: Who's around?

Winter ducks are still hanging out. Here's a dude and lady canvasback:

And a golden-shy:

I also caught a bufflehead grooming and looking goofy:

Moments like this show you the colorations of some lesser-seen parts, like the secret black bowling pin shape on the back...

...and the bubble-gum-pink foot...

Ahem. Back to dignity.

Winter is Cold

Short walk in the park this morning, in between rainy days. I noticed something interesting about the squirrel that was looking expectantly up at me. Not the greediness--that's normal.

Check out the ears of this squirrel from a photo in May:


And then look at the ears of this squirrel from today:

I think they look much furrier! Fluff: it's nature's ear-warmers.

"NYEH!"