Young Santa Spotted

Went for a ski and stumbled into this bearded character. He proved to be mostly harmless...

... and capable of hucking pillows while still puffing!

Christmas Bird Count

I joined bird-nerds Rory and young Nelson for this year's Christmas bird count in Revelstoke. I took plenty of fuzzy far-away photos of birds, but I'll spare you the 'try and spot the bird among the sticks' photos. I did get some good shots of our local peaks at sunrise.

Birds we spotted and could actually identify:

Common Raven: 20

American Crow: 35

Northern Flicker: 11

European Starling: 30

Pine Siskin: 19

Song Sparrow: 1

American Robin: 2

Red Breasted Nuthatch: 4

Evening Grosbeak: 19

Black Capped Chickadee: 8

Chestnut-backed Chickadee: 2

Isa Brown Chickens: 6

Merlin: 1

American Goldfinch: 9

Stellars Jay: 3

Brewers Blackbird: 2

House Finch: 8

Bald Eagle: 2