Today I’m celebrating the fact that The Swans are Back on Medicine Lake. Though not as many as I saw last year, there are several families of Trumpeter Swans, gulls galore, and lots and lots of migrating ducks and Canada Geese on the lake right now. I first saw them Read more…
I headed down to Medicine Lake with my Canon camera and long lens this morning and photographed some of the remaining trumpeter swans in the falling snow. Swans and Falling Snow Watching the swans calmly feeding and grooming themselves as snow gently fell reminded me that these birds are Read more…
This morning I went down to Medicine Lake to see how many migrating birds were on the lake. As I was approaching the lake a huge flock of geese flew over my head, honking loudly as they flew. There were about 3 times as many geese in the flock Read more…
Every November I look for the trumpeter swans to appear on nearby Medicine Lake as they migrate south for the winter. And for the past few years I haven’t been disappointed. But this November I am astonished at the number and variety of water fowl I am seeing on the Read more…
We’re having a string of lovely sunny mild late fall days. I like to think of them as bonus days and I spend as much time as I can outdoors soaking in the nature and sunlight