New Year's Greeting

 Soon it will be 2025.  Time flies very fast (faster when retired).

"Happy New Year to you!" 😊🎍

"Happy New Year to all my friends."🌞

"I am soaring higher to bring peace for the coming year."🦅👍

Next year's zodiac will be 🐍.

Close to Christmas

 It's been rainy and dark.

Chestnut-backed Chickadee:  "Hard to find food in the dark.  But now the day will be longer."😊

Pine Siskin: "I come here for the suet in winter.  Happy Holidays!"🎄

Varied Thrush:  "It's nice to be back here.  Any bug under the dead leaves?  

Almost ready for the holiday dinner?"❄️⛄👍

Busy Backyard

 Many rainy days.  I can not go to the wetland, so I watch my backyard for bird visitors.

"We come here often," said one of the Bushtit flock.😉

"I see the frost on the ground," said one of the two Red-breasted Nuthatches.❄️⛄

"Ta, ta,... I have to take off quickly before another one of us shows up here."😁🎄

Winter Visitors

At the wetland nearby, more waterfowls have arrived.  Here are a Gadwal couple. 

"We are very happy in this little pond."👍

(These ponds have been dry thru the fall months.)

Here are a Green-winged Teal couple.

"We like this little pond, too."😉

Here are Northern Shovelers.

"The winter sky in Oregon is super."😁🪿👀

Cold Days

Now I had to get all the Christmas decorations out.  

The temperature is getting chilly these days.

At the wetland nearby, I saw several Common Mergansers far away.

"We just arrived here."👍

Ruddy Ducks were far away at the other end.

"We like to stay away from people."😉

A good thing was that near a bench at the trail, I saw a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

"I am usually here to find a little bug."🤩