F/8.0, 1/250, ISO 100.
How do you know if there’s a snowman in your bed?
You wake up wet!
Interesting Fact: Snow forms when water vapor in the atmosphere freezes into ice crystals.
F/6.3, 1/60, ISO 400.
White-throated Sparrow
Two state officials are talking “I don’t know what people have against us, We haven’t done anything.”
Interesting Fact: Males are typically dominant over females, but whether an individual is white-striped or tan-striped seems to have no bearing on status. When pairing up, white-striped forms tend to choose tan-striped individuals, and vice versa. Pairs stay together for the summer, but birds often choose new partners the next year. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-throated_Sparrow/lifehistory )
F/5.3, 1/160, ISO 800.
Common Merganser
What did the parrot say when he saw a duck?
Polly want a quacker!
Interesting Fact: Common Mergansers are sometimes called sawbills, fish ducks, or goosanders. The word “merganser” comes from the Latin and roughly translates to “plunging goose”—a good name for this very large and often submerged duck. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Merganser/lifehistory )