Changing from green to white

This is a reminder of the new snow that had fallen overnight, seen yesterday morning, 19 November 2015. Friends had seen a family of three Bobcats two days earlier, and, though I knew it was highly unlikely that they would be seen again, I didn't want to learn later that I had again missed seeing them. Needless to say, there was no sign of them yesterday. Also, I had missed the walk last week, so didn't feel guilty about going on two mornings this week. As it turned out, there wasn't much of anything to be seen during this three hour walk in Weaselhead, but the sun was shining and it was a beautiful day, despite the temperature being -6°C to -2°C. There was a fair amount of new snow, but it had been packed down and so was reasonably safe for walking.

This is the leaders' list of the 21 bird species seen:

Canada Goose-300+
Mallard-8
Bald Eagle-2 (1 ad/1 juv.)
Downy Woodpecker-5
Hairy Woodpecker-1
Northern Flicker-4+
PILEATED WOODPECKER-1
Northern Shrike-1
Blue Jay-3+
Black-billed Magpie-12
Common Raven-2+
Black-capped Chickadee-40+
Boreal Chickadee-2
Red-breasted Nuthatch-1
White-breasted Nuthatch-3
Bohemian Waxwing-150+
Dark-eyed Junco-3
Pine Grosbeak-10
House Finch-6
White-winged Crossbill-100+
Common Redpoll-20