I took a short drive with my camera yesterday afternoon and came across a nice scene, a bend in Spanish Creek, where three Canada Geese were hanging out on a small peninsula in the distance.
As I slowly approached their spot, they seemed to be uneasy, not so much with my presence and something in the air. Maybe I was imagining it, but they seemed to be wary of an impending storm. I know, easy to say since today the storm arrived. At least six inches of snow all around American Valley. I wonder where the geese are today.
Anyway, two of the three crossed the creek and scrambled up the steep bank. I zoomed in to photograph the one furthest behind. The scene reminded me of the one on Main Street last week when I came across three Ravens feeding. A bold one stayed behind until the last possible safe second while the two skittish ones took off as soon as they saw me coming. I wonder which are the most successful.
A few miles away, I wandered through the woods by the side of Highway 70 and spotted some interesting Fungi.
This rather large "shelf" fungus was growing on a Ponderosa Pine stump. I've seen this species (I think) grow to 18" across on large pines in the Bucks Lake Wilderness. Making more soil.
On a larger stump, Dougas-fir I believe, I saw this nice gathering of a Turkey Tail Fungus or a close facsimile. Even though I only have a still camera, to a Naturalist with imagination, there is a lot of activity in these photos. I hope you can feel it. Sometimes I'm tempted to try video, then I resist, thinking my imagination might get lazy. Some would say that by using any kind of camera I risk having my memory get lazy.
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