peaceful

recently in wenatche it was so quiet and peaceful  on my walk. 

dockside reflection

It was a bit of a rainy weekend.  we did have a few moments where it was not raining and I was able to capture this.  i loved how the snow made this so pretty.  my husband says it looks like a bev doolitlte painting.




no decent pictures of the eagles but hopefully when we go back for our annual new years day tradition of viewing them I will get some better ones.  My longest lens is only a 300 and it is very sensitive so time will tell.

swan hunt

I only currently have a 105 lens so besides cropping the above and last picture this is as close to the birds I could get.

We drove out in hunt of the migratory birds that come to calispell lake every year. there are hundreds of tundra swans and trumpeter swans and other birds. a birders paradise.
the lake is very shallow and very marshy. Couldn't get much closer to then these shots due to the wet ground.
I wish I would have taken some video because the sound was amazing. hundreds of bird calls, wings flapping and splashes at landings.

they have a tundra swan festival of sorts every year which is the weekend following this one but we can't make it out there so we decided to drive out today (and a gorgeous day to boot) to take a glimpse. Couldn't get out to the private bird docks which would have been a little closer but at least we got to see them. Next year I am going back but hopefully with a bigger lens.

more information can be found here. Probably some more pictures as well.