New Alpine species

"The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone and to no one." - Edward Abbey

Happy Earth Day!

Mac shot this lovely sunrise at the oasis this morning.

Yesterday, while I was busy photographing the Cassin's Finch my husband called me about a strange duck being on the ponds in Alpine. From his description I determined it was a merganser, but couldn't know what kind. So this morning I rushed to town. Luckily, it was still here. It turned out to be a Common Merganser. Not a lifer for me, but my first decent photo of one.