On a frosty morning, a heron proves a point: be at the right place at the right time. “Stillness” by Mike Dougherty

We all feel like this! “Buried” by J.P. Henry

Some pintail ducks dabbling for dinner in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. “Dabbling” by Josh Galicki

A red sky at night, even in winter, promises a good next day. “Sailor’s Delight” by Lauren Morris Turner

A Breat Blue Heron glides home in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. “Incoming!” by Cynthia Garrett Garmoe.

The Potomac River, one of the Bay’s major tributaries, flows on at dusk. “Riley’s Lock” by Lee Goodwin.

On a winter’a day, a pair of tundra swans descend out of a gray sky.”Tundra Swans” by Geoffrey S. Baker

Winter takes hold of the Northeast River. “Winter’s Grip” by Kathy Heckner Shirk

As the Beatles would say, it would be “a long, cold, lonely winter” in this abandoned tenant cabin in Tuckahoe Woods. “Abandoned”  by William L.

At this time of year, short-eared owls return to grasslands of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge to hunt for small mammals. Bon appetite! “On the