Sublime Sunday With Some Feathered Friends Returning...

We are finally getting some milder weather and seeing signs of Spring!

I took advantage of these lovely days to capture some of the last icy scenes before the melt begins.

I had discovered the creative effects feature on my camera that turns some rather plain images into something more dramatic. It will take a series of pictures and applies different filters to the photos. The above was one taken using that feature.

Here is some more images of the display of icicles with different effects...

Those were a wonderful display of icicles forming on a layer of snow that was sliding off the studio roof. On the East side of the house was another display of icicles.

I used that same feature on some forest scenes with different display of trees.

As you see in the above scene the roads are now free of snow since they had been plowed and once a dark patch appears it soaks in the heat and the melt begins to speed up.

Another sign of Spring that I am very excited about is the return of the geese! I first heard the honking of a goose just when my husband had remarked that the daytime temperatures were having a hard time rising and Spring was so late in coming. That night had been quite cold and every thing was still covered with snow. I felt for that poor goose and wondered what he would eat. It was a lone goose but it wasn't long before more pairs of geese were showing up and flocks started coming in.

I went down to where I often seen the geese in the summertime upon a pond that was formed in the middle of my neighbors field. I was in luck! The geese were coming in and landing on the frozen snow covered pond plus I found out what they were eating. My neighbor had been feeding his cows, that had young calves, bales of oat straw so the geese must have been helping themselves to the oat seeds.

It was a beautiful scene to see these large birds with their huge wing span landing on the snow where there markings where showed off so clearly!

There were a few pairs that stayed together. It seemed to be that the one pair were courting and others visiting their old nesting spots.

I seen some pairs of geese by another pond and it was funny to see them with the female sitting on there usual nesting spot (very snowy) and the male standing by in the snow. Hopefully with the milder weather the thaw will happen quicker - it will make everyone happy!

This is my amazing Nature Contest entry. See details here

It is also my entry for the Photo52 Challenge Week #16 with a theme of "Spring is in the Air" Details here

The photo of the 3 geese landing on the snow with their wings spread open is my entry photo.

All photos were taken with my Canon Powershot SX60 HS

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