20160305 First week of March

Here are some pix taken March 3, 4, 5th in the area around Britt:

Oft photo’d tuft of juniper on Riverside Drive amoung crystals of snow reflecting and refracting sunlight.

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Ruffed Grouse heading for cover …

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Tracks of an animal that emerged from the open water in the ditch behind the former Skylight Motel.

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Yes, an otter, dragging its tail in spots.

Downy or Hairy?

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Downy Woodpecker, which has a shorter beak than the Hairy Woodpecker.

Oft photographed tree:

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Art?

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Wintering flower stalks from a cultivated succulent whose name I have forgotten.  Help.

Click on the image for some texture ….

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Afternoon skies on Boucher’s Road….

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So far March has been lamb-like.  So we might get a bit of a roar in a few weeks!