Here a Bird... There a Bird... Everywhere a Bird-Bird

For the past few days, I've been house-bound and it hasn't been by choice.  I have had so much work to do, that I would wake up when it was still dark outside, and I wouldn't look up from my computer until the day had come and gone, and it was dark outside once again.  Luckily for me, I work at home and was able to do all that brain-cell crunching in my comfy flannel pajamas but I still wasn't about to get outside and get some fresh out.  Until yesterday.

Yesterday air was so cold it was crispy.  The sun was shining bright, and there was even snow in some areas (though not enough).  So, I decided to grab my camera bag, throw a coat on me and my little family, and we went for a drive.  Luckily for me, I wasn't the only one out enjoying the fresh air.  A few of birds were too.

There were all sorts... bald eagles (and a lot of them), hawks, heron, and falcons.  Speaking of falcons, dig the fantastic light in the photograph above.  It's golden hour light, and it cast a massively glow on the falcon.

But then the sun disappeared behind a wall of clouds and the darkness that followed made it difficult to shoot in.  In fact, the melted snow I drove over or walked on had already grown crunchy under the dropping temperatures and it was a clear indicator that it was time to go home.  So I did.

Unfortunately, tomorrow is another one of those work-from dark to dark days.  Though, luckily, I will get a break when I have to go for a client meeting.  I just wish I could wear those comfy flannel pajamas, but I don't think my client would appreciate those pink polar bear pajamas I love to wear while working.