In the Bear Creek Greenbelt late this afternoon:

Great Blue Heron

Mama Great Horned Owl began sitting on the nest on January 26.  Papa is rarely far away.

Papa Great Horned Owl

Late this afternoon in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

Immature Cooper’s Hawk

In the Bear Creek Greenbelt this morning, after overnight snow:

Great Horned Owl

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Great Blue Heron

In the Bear Creek Greenbelt this morning:

Hooded Merganser (male)

Ring-necked Duck (female)

American Dipper

The winter visitor in the Bear Creek Greenbelt has stayed another day:

Snow Goose

Snow Goose

In the late afternoon the Great Horned Owls begin rousing themselves from a day of rest in their roosting tree:

Great Horned Owls

The Bear Creek Greenbelt welcomed a winter visitor this morning:

Snow Goose

Snow Goose

It’s easy to see one of the Great Horned Owls in this picture:

Great Horned Owls

American Dipper

A good look at a hardy, yet hard-to-photograph bird:

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Here’s a female Hooded Merganser with a crawfish in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

Hooded Merganser

Scenes from the Bear Creek Greenbelt this very cold, snowy morning.

An American Robin getting more than it bargained for:

American Robin

The Great Horned Owl pair roosting:

Great Horned Owls (Papa on left, Mama on right)

A Great Blue Heron in Bear Creek:

Great Blue Heron

A Golden Eagle after it had dived twice to try to snatch a duck in Bear Creek:

Golden Eagle

Late this afternoon in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:

Great Hornedd Owl (Papa)

Belted Kingfisher (female)

Earlier this morning in the Bear Creek Greenbelt

Ring-necked Duck

American Dipper

Later in the morning, large numbers of American Robins could be heard.  And they brought with them some friends.

Cedar Waxwing

Cedar Waxwing