I'm spending several weeks in Colorado for the holiday season and it's always fun to be in the snow after living in the rainy Pacific Northwest. Today it absolutely dumped in Colorado and the weather made it perfectly clear that we are in fact going to have a white Christmas this year! How exciting! But I think the only thing more fun than playing in the snow is watching various animals wander around in the snow. Today I was able to find some interesting critters to photograph in the front yard. Of course they were all searching for something to munch on, but they did take the time to peek in the window at the funny person holding the camera!
The first visitor was a young squirrel who stared at me through the window for the longest time - probably wondering why the bird feeder wasn't full of seed:
The next visitors (whom I was very excited to see) were Blue Jays:
And last, but not least - Western Scrub Jays. These guys were the most difficult to photography of all. They were quite skittish and were constantly moving around. They reminded me of kids with ADD. However, after a bit of patience and waiting, I finally nailed a couple of good shots:
I hope to see much more snowy wildlife while I am here in Colorado and I will be sure to share the critters with you if I do!
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