Canaan Valley Refuge Wetlands

On Saturday evening, the remnants of Hurricane Bill were sending waves of mixed cloud-cover that created some really nice lighting.  One minute it would be overcast, the next it was sunny.  If you were quick, you could catch the shadows on the mountainside with direct light on the foreground.  It made for some really pretty vistas across the north end of Canaan Valley.  From this spot, we spied a Kestrel and a Harrier.  Unfortunately they were too far away for nice photos.  

Sunset was approaching, and we got hungry.  We started our two-mile walk back to the car.  After the sun had finally ducked behind the hillside, we stopped at this little pond along the trail.  The bright light had gone, but the muted colors of dusk were ideal, and the reflections of the clouds in the water made our time there serene.