When we woke up this morning, there were several inches of fresh snow on the ground. I know it won’t last, and I’m glad that it won’t, but this was just a little reminder that winter won’t let go yet. At least fresh snow is pretty, and this was the kind of snow that was clinging to trees and adding to the beauty of the trails in Chagrin River Park. “Time to capture some snowy pictures along the trail,” I thought to myself.
On the river trail, the snow-covered trees were a delight to see.
There wasn’t a soul at the fire pit and nobody had built a fire. That’s strange, I thought to myself, someone builds a fire every morning, even when it isn’t cold. Fire or no fire, I took pictures anyway, and then, wondering where everyone was, I snapped one of the sledding hill.
Farther down the trail, I spotted two Canada geese swimming in the bog. They didn’t seem to mind the cold.
There weren’t many people walking in the park this morning, but I ran into a few, and took their pictures:
And of course I took some bird pictures. The red-bellied woodpecker was delighted to pose. It was probably the bark butter bits that caught his attention, and he, along with the white-throated sparrows, repeatedly flew in for a taste.
The blue jay, as usual, was reticent. He prefers the tree tops to the bark butter bits. And that’s as it should be I guess, but I snapped his picture anyway.
After a while the cold began to seep through my boots, and I decided it was time to go home, so I will leave you with one more snowy park picture.
Beautiful pictures and I love the birds. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you, Oneta. I enjoy photographing birds. These little ones are a challenge because they don’t stay still for long. I also like doing landscapes, and the recent snow has created some beautiful scenes..
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Nice shots. Just FYI, the red-bellied woodpecker in your photos is a female. Odd, because I usually see the male in that area.
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Hi Roz. Surprised I haven’t seen you in the park in a long while. I have seen both the male and female, although more often it is the female. Thanks for visiting.
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No snow here, but this weekend the Sierras will get dumped on 🙂 Gorgeous shots as usual, Skip!
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Thanks, Terri. I don’t know your area, but I am assuming you are west of the Sierras? Or am I geographically misplaced? The only place I’ve visited in CA is San Diego.
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Up here in Sacramento, we are 60 miles west of Lake Tahoe.
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I feel lucky, we got a coating that was gone as soon as the sun touched each flake!
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Our most recent snow was like that, but that is typical of March snows in northeast Ohio. Where do you live?
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Wow, pictures are just perfect! I felt the atmosphere! Place is stunning! Everything looks so nice!
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I’m glad you enjoyed the pictures. It was a lovely morning walk, but the snow melted pretty quickly. The following day we had another very light snow, which melted almost immediately. Typical March weather around here.
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