frozen creek
it snowed again saturday night, heavy and wet this time, melting and refreezing on the sidewalk by this morning.
around sunrise and near dusk the last few weeks i’ve briefly seen foxes walking in the woods or taking shortcuts through the parking lot, always disappearing as fast as the appeared.
walking my dog this morning, we spotted one on the other side of the creek. she stopped, looked in our direction, and after a minute decided we weren’t worth worrying about before going back to what she’d been doing.
just before darting back into the underbrush
for 15 minutes we walked in parallel, each on our own sides of the iced over creek before she finally ducked into the brush and out of sight.
i went back out with my camera after we finished our walk. it had been half an hour, but to my surprise i ran into her again as soon as i got back to where i’d seen her earlier.
after weeks without any luck, i finally got a few pictures before she disappeared again.
plenty of birds today, and finally a good line of sight on a white-breasted nuthatch that miraculously stayed still (enough) to get some pictures.