Frost
I arrived at Ridgefield at sunrise but only had an hour before needing to head home to take our cats Sam and Emma to the vet. I thought the refuge would be fogged in given the heavy fog when I crossed the Columbia, but the refuge was clear and a lovely frost coated the meadows. I wanted to take advantage of the frost since it is not typical here, so I continued around the refuge until I found a good subject.
This female northern harrier was sitting in the large meadow at the end of the auto tour. I've never gotten harrier pictures I've been happy with, she was a ways off so I put the 2X teleconverter on my biggest lens and hoped for the best. She's all puffed out in the cold, so she looks a little larger than she is, and you can see the ring around her face that helps give harriers an owlish look.