Merry Christmas

You have to see this! My sister Judy, gave this hand made knit hat to Tauqua for Christmas. Tauqua is our rescue dog, and we have so much fun with him. We had our Christmas with my sister today since she has to work tomorrow. She spent the day, and brought presents for all of us.  I have such a wonderful family. Tomorrow we'll have another Christmas with our son, DIL and 2 granddaughters.

Friday morning we went to the Peninsula on Lake Erie in hopes of photographing some Snowy Owls that were reportably seen there. We drove the entire route, but with lots of duck hunters out there, it could be the reason no Owls were seen. I did spot these Black- backed gulls, a new lifer for me.

Lots of Coots everywhere, and I mean 100's of them!

A lone Tundra swan was swimming with the Coots.
Well, here it is Christmas Eve, and NO snow. We did have a light coating last night, but that's all.
Merry Christmas all. Have a wonderful day.

Here and There

Driving by Findley Lake the other day, we saw a small flock of Tundra (Whistling) Swans resting on the water. These are my very favorite, and I was fortunate to photograph a large flock in a field of rain water not far from here last winter. In the middle you can see a juvenile.

On Tuesday we drove to Presque Isle on Lake Erie where it was so foggy, you could barely make out the Bi Centennial tower across the bay. That black dot out on the water is a fishing boat.

Ice crystals Tuesday morning on an ornamental cabbage.

The sun shining through the pretty leaves on our Norway Maple tree. All the leaves are off this tree now. A usual Fall season is when these leaves don't turn yellow till December, and then sometimes stay green..

On a quick trip to Westfield, NY where they have the black squirrels, I finally found one that wasn't up a tree. It was quite a distance away, but I was happy to get this much.

I probably won't get around to your blogs tonight. The ball game is on. I'll catch up tomorrow.