Portraits in gray, black and white (OK, brown too)

[Steve Foss]

Kicked around for a couple hours this noon with Ken and all we could come up with was a gaggle of chickadees. Came back out this afternoon and it was a gray jay, and that was all.

Not much to show for an afternoon in the woods but, well, and afternoon in the woods, which is always a good thing.

[DTro]

A deer hunters best company. They Gray is one of my favorite birds.

[shortfatguy]

Nice shots. I love those chickadees! They sure are happy little guys.

[finnbay]

A gaggle of chickadees was worth a million against a plethora of responsibilities at work! It WAS good to get out in the woods, if only for a little while.

[MN Shutterbug]

You know winter is coming when you starting posting chickadee shots again. But then, I never get tired of them cute little rascals.

Actually, it's snowing 30 miles NW of here, as I speak.

[Steve Foss]

BTW, Ken, that new grouse trail is about a mile and a half long and does end up coming back out onto the road where we saw the second gate. At one point there is what looks like a spur trail turning off of it, but I didn't take the spur to see where it dead-ended because of approaching sunset.

Total length of the loop, including return by road to the first gate, felt like about 2 to 2.5 miles. Lots of good stuff in there for grouse and deer, and I met two separate bowhunters who'd just got out of VCC classes and were looking for some fresh venison.

[Dbl]

Nice work guys!

[finnbay]

Thanks, Steve. That area bears a lot more exploring!

[MARINERMAGNUM]

Beautiful work guys. I wish we had those Gray Jays here!