early December

Thanksgiving week temperatures dropped below 30 F and the ponds began freezing.  Gadwall and other ducks have arrived, and are finding less open water to swim.
      This morning I saw American Wigeons, Bufflehead, and a pair of Ring-necked Ducks on a lake to the north.  A firm skin of ice claimed most of the pond leaving the ducks and Geese only a little open water.

I spent Thanksgiving week in NH and CT with family.  Good times. 
    This Great Blue Heron was photographed in Oyster River, NH on a misty morning.

White Pelicans on the move, not flying in a V like the Geese.

Walden Pond near Boulder, looking west

And the BIG news,  a new LIFE bird !!   Its a Pink-footed Goose.  My sister knew about it landing in CT and we drove to the pond in central CT to see it.   This is an internet photo, I did not get pictures of it.  The goose we saw was swimming with the Canada Geese and did not display its pink feet.