Happy New Year!

I'll kick it off with a Raven at the top of a pine tree from Christmas morning.
I prefer Christmas trees decorated this way


Then we got some nice flocking...

Dirt, what amazing photographs as always! I love the shot of that beautiful Raven and oh my, those trees and
... that view!

Thanks for starting this year's thread dirt!

I absolutely can't wait to see everyone's wonderful photos just like we did last year.

Great photos dirt!

I like the Raven topper too. Looks so regal up there.

Well, here's some more not great ones...bad light, too far away


this is not a black and white photo, and you can almost see the yellow eyes


and this is actually a golden eagle silhouette, in the snow, way up high on a dead tree on a ridge...not really worth taking and posting, but I did anyway


proof of eagle--barely--that's what we call it
I get lots of proof that I saw something anyway

Not worthy of showing??? I'm so glad you are showing them. I love the birds ... and the snowy scenery!

Is that a lake Dirt? A frozen lake, a snowed on, frozen lake? What am I looking at there? That can't be a seafood type of thing there lapping at the edge, could it????

Dirt managed to get the water receding a bit at the edge and I think he captured reflections from the ducks in that water.

That's a river with just a bit of open water and, yes, those are the duck reflections
no seafood type things fresh water fish though

Thank you Lin!
If you want to see more snow and other critters, we went to Yellowstone for Christmas and have been putting some photos here
The thread "Random photos of OPL" in Sandbox forum

It's a New Year!

Beautiful! The raven is amazing and I love the duck photos!

Me, too!

dirtdorphins said:That's a river with just a bit of open water and, yes, those are the duck reflections
no seafood type things fresh water fish though

I did know it would be fresh water. ;-)

BigBill said:Dirt managed to get the water receding a bit at the edge and I think he captured reflections from the ducks in that water.

Just so you know Bill, Dirt is a very pretty female. I know it's hard to know when we all call her Dirt. After all, dirt is generally associated with the male gender.
And in case you don't know it, I like to tease people in a dry way. Just imagine everything I say being said with a twinkle in my eye & grin on my face.

And I once lobbied for a winking emoji to be added b/c I tease a lot, my mom always teased a lot & it was always accompanied with a wink but some stodgy (a lot of them?) ppl said noooooooooooo, a winking emoji wouldn't do at all. Winking is flirting & we can't have that.
Bah humbug!!!!! I says.

Oops, I forgot.
Sometimes my fingers get typing and I get lost in what I am typing. I sincerely apologize to Dirt for forgetting!
But you are right, "Dirt", female?

it's all good--no worries!

I've seen a couple of Hummingbirds visit the feeders today but I can't seem to get a single picture of one of them, they are just too fast! The only bird photos I've gotten so far today are of a male Northern Cardinal:

Beautiful!

Thanks Kim!