Canada Goose head and shoulders

Degree of difficulty of this photo is not high, but I like this picture better than a couple flower photos I took in the basement. I will go for just about any picture with rich deep blue in it. Plus whether birds or people, I like to take headshots.

We had 62 F/16.7 C temps around 2 pm. Almost all of the snow and ice melted overnight and today.  Winds were a sustained 30 mph, and birds seemed to be hunkered down with relatively few birds along the river or at my feeder today.

Notable sightings included a single northern pintail (duck) swimming with mallards. In addition, at Lake Bartlett two mute swans were sleeping out on the ice.