George Christmas

George Family with cats

George Family
-in our amazing sweaters
-and hat

Meyer Christmas

The Meyer Clan gathered at Grandpa's!

The Crinkle-ball Collector

Rollo was very industrious the other night when he stuffed crinkle balls into his bed!

Super Chubby Squirrels!

Rick and I noticed we had some very chubby friends sitting in a tree outside the apartment, so Rick went out on the porch to take a few pictures. 

They're so funny!

First Snow!

Friday blew in our first snow of the season (6+ inches), so Ricky and I walked out to the High Trestle Trail from our apartment to take some pictures.

The high trestle trail near our apartment

A few mallards in a little creek

crabapples - they look like Christmas against the snow

Junco - we found a whole flock of these cuties in some tangled bushes

There were also several Chickadees in among the Juncos

A Merlin! He's got his little foot tucked up to his chest.
He kept switching back and forth, I think his feet were cold!

Merlin again. We've never really gotten a good shot of one of these little falcons before, so even though it was cold and we were thinking about turning for home we had to stop and take lots of pictures of this guy!

Merlin

I managed to snag this shot of him hopping up the branch a little ways. His fuzzy legs are so cute!

I really liked these yellow-orange berries against the blue sky

Chickadee

Rick liked this "sparrow overlord" surveying his holdings

Neal Smith Sparrow Spotting!

It was nice and cool out this morning so Ricky and I went out to the Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge to do some birdwatching!
The warblers are gone and the waterfowl aren't quite here yet, but the sparrows are starting to come down for the winter!

Chipping Sparrow

White Throated Sparrow

Field Sparrow

1st Sighting!
Harris's Sparrow - 1st Winter

White Throated Sparrow -1st Winter 

Downy Woodpecker - this little male had the biggest red patch we've ever seen on a downy

Song Sparrow

BUFFALO!!

Rollo's Bath

Rollo gets a bath!