Categories: Nature

Tucked in for Winter

These ducks are getting themselves all tucked in in anticipation of a long cold winter.

Weekly Photo Challenge – anticipation

SoyBend

Centered in Bend, Oregon, my blog branches out into nature, history, and art-related topics.

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  • Looks like a partial view of the river in the park where I walk, at least until today. There have been several hundred geese and ducks there but with this cold, perhaps they all decided it was time to head south!

    janet

    • Yeah, I took that picture earlier this month. Now there is more than a foot of snow there. It's a good time to go south.

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