There is a restored wetland just down the road from my house.  Isaac was birding up on the ridge and noticed that some of the pond was now ice-free.  We were texting and he mentioned that there were some Common Goldeneye visiting the ice-free corner so I went off in search of some photos.  Turns out that people aren’t allowed near that area so I settled for some distant pics and then was distracted by the Red-winged Blackbirds setting up territories in the cat tails there.