Christmas fun!

A white Christmas is always nice. It started snowing Christmas eve but had stopped by the time I got up. So it was a perfect day to go out photographing. I decided to go down to my favorite spot in Lakewood. It was a balmy 12 degrees but there was no wind and the sun was out. So it was comfortable hiking around.

The main lake was mostly frozen with a just a small amount of open water. This mallard was skidding across the ice to get to the open water.

    There were plenty of geese coming and going....

       This does not look like a comfortable place to sit when it is 12 degrees,huh?

     I continued over to the back lake to see who was there. As I came around the turn there was a great blue heron.

      He decided to fly over to the other side of the lake so I followed.....

    After a few stretches, he began fishing for breakfast.

      Here was one of the fish that he caught.......

 

    Besides the GBH there were lots of geese, mallards and goldeneyes. This is a female 
    goldeneye.

      Everything was covered in snow...sooo beautiful!

     It was pretty quiet here, so I headed back to Boulder. I was driving down Cherryvale Rd 
    when I spotted something sitting on an old barn. I pulled over as soon as I could and 
    walked back down to the barn. At first I thought it was one of those fake owls that people 
    put on their homes to scare the pigeons. But no.....it was a young red tail hawk all fluffed 
    up to stay warm. Very cool!

          Anyone that lives in the Boulder area gets to look at the foothills of the rockies 
         everyday. Always breath taking!

  A fun morning but now it was time to head home and hang out with the kitties.

  Merry Christmas and a happy new year!