Our first snow storm in many years Snow at the pond Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) Branco enjoying the snow Sunrise on very thin ice Ice on pond Happy birthday, Asker Garip Branco by the pond at sunrise Holly berries Waiting in the queue for my COVID shot Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) Fallen branch with shelf fungi & resurrection fern… Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Turkey tail fungi First blueberry flower of the season Crepuscular rays - beautiful morning sky Lichens & fungi Carolina locust on bamboo Where does electricity come from ? Hooded mergansers Clifford the big red dog and his littermate Great blue heron & mallards Great blue heron & mallard Barred owl Cementario de Usulután Hermit thrush Groove-billed ani American wigeons (front), some other ducks (rear) Ngauruhoe Eastern collared lizard Common sagebrush lizard Kiss me under the little pine tree Sandhill cranes and assorted ducks Tongariro - Emerald Lakes Pied-billed grebes on Bluff Lake Ruby-throated hummingbird Baby Cooper's hawks Adult Cooper's hawk American white pelicans Port Austin Reef lighthouse (or maybe Laputa). Painted turtle Asker Garip by the pond Mississippi Snow Man This is a Federal Facility Cormorants ready to depart