The weather has been pretty bleak since last Chatter (No. 92), but occasionally ‘little ray(s) of sunshine come into our world’ [Axiom, 1970] and brighten up the day. The sun is getting lower in the sky making the golden hours for photography ideal, if and when the sun breaks through. With a few openings in the clouds, I wasn’t disappointed when a pair of Chestnut Teal  tolerated my persistence in the east-west chain of ponds to get some nice images of their beautiful plumage in some rare, nice light.