Selfish Benefit of Deep Snow

Now that we have many inches of snow blanketing the area, one selfish benefit of the white stuff is that it makes observing and photographing some wildlife species much easier than normal. That isn’t so good for the wildlife since it means they are having to work much harder to find life-sustaining food to get them through the worst of winter.

Today I spotted a small flock of horned larks. I paused along the road and this one walked in my direction, presumably toward the shoulder of the road where there may have been something nutritious for it. I don’t know what that would have been, but the bird must have had a pretty good idea. My presence didn’t seem nearly as important as the possible food.