December started off nice enough, but it sure became cold with snow covering the ground from mid month on. Thompson Lake froze solid, from bank to bank. The eagles left following the waterfowl as they headed for warmer territory in Arkansas (my assumption).
A Red-tailed Hawk flew overhead.
One lonely immature Bald Eagle flew over.
A horse stood out in the snow covered pasture along Prairie Road.
A Northern Harrier hunted the fields and prairies along Prairie Road.
The Nature Conservancy office and surrounding buildings were covered in snow.
A flock of geese flew across the setting sun as I look west from Prairie Road.
As I came around the turn looking towards the bluff, I spotted some people watching something I couldn't see in the snow. The snow was pretty deep and hadn't been traveled much on that stretch of the road, so I backed into the driveway of TNC outbuilding and turned around.
I stopped to take a photo of the Rare Fish Pond on the Butt track of TNC's property:
Along Clark Road, another Northern Harrier flew over.
And I spotted the Dark-morph Western Red-tailed Hawk that I first saw on December 5.
Here is a better photo taken on the 5th, when the sun was shining.
