Well, yeah. I had wigeons on my mind for some reason.

:-)

Sky version of snow donuts?

Very nice, and on a finely flowered Baja fairy duster!

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/50149/browse_photos

Sad looking shrunken cane cholla! The severe drought in that area is going to be tough on a lot of species. Hopefully some of the invasive grasses will be affected.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindropuntia_imbricata

Eat those invasive goldfish! :-)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/though-cute-as-pets-goldfish-are-highly-invasive-once-in-the-wild-180980169/#:~:text=Their%20voracious%20appetites%2C%20tolerance%20for%20cold%20waters%2C,Harvey%20on%20new%20research%20for%20the%20Guardian.

You nailed it! The most common invasive turtle...

Here's what a Canadian website thinks of them.

https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/invasive-species/meet-the-species/land-and-animal-invertebrates/red-eared-slider/

Could use this for an old fashioned wallpaper. Dodie

Green-winged Teal, eh.

Thanks. It was a great hike!

It’s was amazing! We’re going back to the same place so I can have it again. It’s big enough that I can have leftovers.

Diarmid! I had to do a search on your name to remember who this was! Nice to hear from you. Yes, it’s been. Year alright, but things are looking very positive for us both again, as long as you don’t look too closely at what’s happening to our sorry homeland. And good luck. Today Canada, tomorrow Greenland, it could be you next.

You have been through the mill right enough! I hope 2025 is another good year for you both despite the dire state of the world.

Wow - great photo with the water droplets and fish! Did you use the multiple burst/picture mode ?

Yum! That looks really good