A Blackcap Chickadee on a very cold day in December .

This Redtailed Hawk has just captured an unfortunate chipmunk for lunch.  He is still trying to spit out the leaf that he inadvertently chomped on during his dive.

A Great Blue Heron is startled as a poy fish brushes by his feet, unaware of the peril.

A Great Blue Heron wades along a grassy shore.

A lone Blackcap Chickadee in winter.

A Fox Sparrow in a marsh.

A pair of Canada Geese enjoy a sunny day.

I wish I could say I shot this in the Florida Keys, but it was taken at the Cleveland Metropolitan Zoo.

At first glance, I thought these two look almost heart-shaped.

A Blackcap Chickadee surviving a harsh Northeast Ohio winter.

A gaggle of Canada Geese enjoy a warm pond at daybreak.

This female Mallard decided to make her nest in a sidewalk planter on Monument Circle in the center of Indianapolis, IN.

This female Mallard decided to make her nest in a sidewalk planter on Monument Circle in the center of Indianapolis, IN.

This female Mallard decided to make her nest in a sidewalk planter on Monument Circle in the center of Indianapolis, IN.

A nesting Canada Goose.  She was somewhat accustomed to humans because her nest was under a wooden walkway over a marsh in a nature center.