Ground Hog Day

There are no shadows at the Roswell Marsh on this Ground hog day. Looks like six more weeks of the somber contrast that accompanies winter light.

Long tall grasses blow in the cold winter wind at the Roswell marsh near the Idaho-Oregon border. Much of this wild landscape is overlooked. Too wet and alkaline for farming, it is able to stand on its own as a natural wetland and habitat for a wide variety of birds and waterfowl. Don't be to eagar to photograph the coming of spring, take advantage of this fleeting, and unique opportunity before the winter is gone.