Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)'s photos with the keyword: winter

Winter Robin

Winter Robin

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
18 Jan 2026 9 5 27
A welcome visitor dropped in on our usually quiet backyard in January. An American Robin and seven of his friends visited us. This one never flew south as it is way too early to be looking for worms. We have had very little snow this winter but up the nearby mountain they have snow up to their armpits. For SSC Solitude. British Columbia near the 49th parallel.
Sparrows in Winter

Sparrows in Winter

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
16 Dec 2021 15 7 328
There was a blizzard the night before. The temperature has dropped considerably. The sparrows are looking for an easy meal to keep some heat under their feathers.
Magpie with a Peanut

Magpie with a Peanut

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
11 Feb 2021 27 12 267
The temperatures have been frightfully cold this week, -40. Our backyard birds need all the help and calories as they can get. Here is a magpie with a peanut I put out for him.
Catching the Sun on a Very Cold Day

Catching the Sun on a Very Cold Day

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
07 Feb 2021 4 4 217
it is currently -27C and -17F. Overnight temperatures are going to go below -40. The sparrows have been calorie gorging today at the feeder but it is this shadow they cast on the fence that got my photographic attention today.
Suet Hunting... Awkwardly

Suet Hunting... Awkwardly

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
15 Jan 2021 9 2 230
This magpie comes by daily and takes a stab at getting to the suet from underneath. He holds on for a moment but cannot sustain the attachment. It does not deter him and he is getting better at his strategy.
Good for the Heart

Good for the Heart

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
05 Mar 2017 11 20 703
The Sunday Challenge: Heart I caught these two friends, maybe sisters, cross country skiing this week. What is better for the heart than good cardio exercise with a friend?
Sun Dog

Sun Dog

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
02 Mar 2017 7 4 433
A Sun Dog appeared to the left of the sun much to our surprise as they usually occur on much colder days.
Snow Fungus

Snow Fungus

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
01 Mar 2017 7 5 511
Found on the north side of a tree this week.
Empty Nets

Empty Nets

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
26 Feb 2017 17 21 817
The Sunday Challenge: Empty These hockey nets are on a frozen Pigeon Lake, Alberta.
Winter at the Lake

Winter at the Lake

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
24 Feb 2017 4 1 415
Pigeon Lake, Alberta.
Freeze and Thaw

Freeze and Thaw

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
21 Feb 2016 14 19 712
The Sunday Challenge - Ice Our winter this year is a constant freeze and thaw cycle that creates ice water and below the water is more ice. Car tracks from my back alley.
Not a Tulip

Not a Tulip

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
19 Feb 2016 16 10 775
Found emerging from melting snow in the back alley.
White Fluffy on Chicken Wire

White Fluffy on Chicken Wire

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
29 Jan 2016 23 7 727
HFF
Footprints of a Casual Trespasser

Footprints of a Casual Trespasser

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
06 Feb 2015 9 1 441
Undoubtedly the signs of a feline trespasser. Our cat was not amused but it was too cold for him to go out to protect his yard.
A Tree in January Afternoon Light

A Tree in January Afternoon Light

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
21 Jan 2015 15 8 608
A tree without leaves for 10-Week Picture Projects
Late Winter Afternoon

Late Winter Afternoon

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
05 Jan 2015 5 2 282
A walk in the Mill Creek Ravine in the late afternoon.