A Brief Emergence from Hibernation

Last Friday the SUN appeared for the first time in a long time and the temperature got close to fifty, so I was able to ESCAPE the confines of human habitation!

I took the Hounds for a walk at the McNary Wildlife Refuge in nearby Burbank in order to look for Snow Geese, and hey, I found a few.

Snow Geese migrate every winter from the Far North to more pleasant climes.  Many of them seem to like the Skagit Valley (an hour or so north of Seattle), where I used to see 30-40,000 of them hanging out.  Down here we get fewer, but still a few thousand.

I timed my visit just right -- a large flock was on the water, and then began moving en masse to the fields to feed.

There were other birds around -- hundeds of Mallards, and a couple of Canvasback ducks, but I only had eyes for the Snow Geese.

Two other random birders were there enjoying the show, and we had a nice chat about Snow Geese We Have Seen (and Heard -- the honking is quite something).

I'm glad the weather cooperated so I could see these lovely birds.  Of course, next day the overcast and the cold returned -- so I am hunkering back down into hibernation mode once more.

Happy Winter!

Going into Hibernation

Just a note to let folks know that I haven't been doing anything (other than reading, watching TV, walking the dogs, and vegetating), and don't have anything to post about.  I don't anticipate this changing anytime soon due to The Dark Times of Winter.

So I am putting the blog into Hibernation Mode (posting only as needed if I actually do something interesting).  Thank you for stopping by.

I wanted to end with a Christmassy photo of Truman and Pippin, but they didn't entirely cooperate.

The Hounds do NOT want their photo taken:

Truman cooperates but Pippin messes up:

Both Hounds are now thoroughly annoyed:

I give up -- this is the best one, and will just have to do!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!