January 1st.  Just a little color...

 

...but interesting textures from a good breeze.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Beaver (Castor canadensis), heading away.  Tail on the surface.

 

 

 

 

 

Diving.  No tail splash, barely a wake.

 

Carrying a twiggy snack.

 

 

 

 

 

January 2nd.

 

 

 

You can't make up a sky like that.

 

 

 

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) mates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crescent moon...

 

...with Venus at the upper right.

 

Nifty chart.  Credit equinoxastrology.com

 

January 4th.  Not much pre-dawn color, and even that quickly faded before I got to my usual spot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remarkable patterns in the thin new ice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 6th.  A little predawn color.