What A Difference A Week Can Make !

Chilly this morning then warming up quite nice when the sun broke the tree line. I decided to make make a full day of hiking today. The reservoir was beautiful with visible ice only in a few coves. This is the view I had eating breakfast..

Surely you could see spring is here. Skunk cabbage breaking through the frost free ground. After seeing this my hopes of seeing a bear increased.

Deer looked pretty healthy. Four of them crossed the road.

On the hike back to the truck I checked out a small beaver swamp. This goose was tolerant of me for a few moments, then sounded the alarm.

With today's hike I saw, deer,turkey,woodcock,eagles and two geese. Sure beats a good day at work
Jim

Windy & Cold

Twenty eight at the house this morning. Weatherman said  today the winds were going to be light . DON'T THINK SO!  The reservoir was bitter at dawn with strong wind.. I brought along my digiscoping equipment in hopes getting a picture of the eagles on Snell Island. My tripod was no match for the wind. I was able to see both eagles just using the spotting scope. I will attempt again when it warms up.

This was the only picture I was able to get. This was taken@ 40x with a strong wind,. I like using 80x however the slightest breeze and the pictures are blurry. I will attempt  again when the weather  warms up.
Jim