"A Sand County Almanac"

"THERE ARE SOME WHO CAN LIVE WITHOUT WILD THINGS AND SOME WHO CANNOT."
"FOR US IN THE MINORITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE GEESE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TELEVISION.".....Aldo Leopold




"LOOK DEEP INTO NATURE, AND THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BETTER".....Albert Einstein


“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves”.....John Muir


Thursday, February 14, 2013

Waterfowl Are Returning

These Mallards were photographed on a small stream.  They are not the "tame" ducks found on city ponds where they are fed by young and old alike...


This hen seems to be pondering something that tickles her fancy...

 
Perhaps it is the drake that is swimming near by...
 

These Hooded Mergansers were resting on a lake as they make their spring trip north to their nesting grounds...




 

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