Overwintering Gray Catbird

 

Winter Sunset over Lake Erie

 

Northern Cardinal

 

Iceland Gull

Iceland Gulls breed in remote Arctic regions but some spend the winter in Iceland, the United Kingdom, the Great Lakes region and the northeastern and western seacoasts in North America.

 

Horned Larks

 

Short-eared Owl

 

Winter Wonderland

"The forest and I was all there was.  

    In the deep still silence I could feel the Earth's beating heart." 

~ John Muir

Eared Grebe

An Eared Grebe in the Dunkirk Harbor on Lake Erie today.  Most Eared Grebes spend the winter in the southwestern United States on down through parts of Central America.  However, a few manage to winter on the Great Lakes every year.

 

American Robin

An overwintering American Robin ready to feast on berries from a Washington Hawthorne tree.

 

Rough-legged Hawks

Light morph Rough-legged Hawk hiding in plain sight in a winter cornfield.

 

Mute Swans

Mute Swans on Cassadaga Lake

 

Barred Owl

 Barred Owl snoozing on a snowy winter afternoon.

Happy Chickadee New Year!

A cheerful Black-capped Chickadee was the first bird I saw at the start of the new year!