Holy mackrel!

This photo was made at the Bait Shop on Shelter Island in San Diego on Thanksgiving Day. One of the fishermen on the pier below threw some fresh-caught mackrel up to the pelicans and the great blue heron on the roof of the bait shop. Everyone got lucky... including the photographer!

Thanksgiving Day at Famosa Slough San Diego

It was fish for dinner instead of turkey!

Hope you all had a great turkey day. I spent several hours at the Slough making photos of the birds. The day before I even photographed an American bittern (rare to see them here) with orange eyes (eyes are only orange when they're mating). The bittern posed on a fence for me for about 15 minutes!

Part II

Swans return to the valley, Jeanne's boots need washed and Ruby had to have a bath after the muddy tromp through the bird sanctuary!

WATER & HUMANS WATER & ANIMALS

My pictures are "Working at the Car Wash" and "Duck Hunting" imagined. I found an awesome bird sanctuary just 3 miles from my home! I drive by the exit every day but only now discovered it! What a beautiful place. To my surprise they allow duck hunters. They were there but camera shy so I figured since Ruby is a Spaniel (Bird Dog) that we could use our imagination. We needed lots of water to clean up when we got home. I am throwing in a picture of the Swans which have returned to the corn fields just below my home. They too, are awesome!

Our Professor dazzles!

book signing the day after a

grand presentation

at

Leavenworth

water for humans

water for animals

water water water
everywhere

not a drop to drink

Who goes camping in November? This gal!

My Best friend came home from Alaska where he was a Fishing Guide, so we went out chasing King Salmon in Oregon; camping on the coast with enough mischief and mayhem to go around

Dunlin Birds

The Dunlin is highly gregarious in winter sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches. Large numbers can often be seen swirling in synchronized flights on their stop-overs during migration or on their winter habitat.

I happened across these birds in a flooded farmers field on the Bow-Edison Road. There were 1,000's of them. Their chirping was awesome and seeing them in synchronized flight was awesome. There was no way to really capture it. I wish you all could have been there!

Drip Drop

Looking this way and that

Looking North from the Bridge

Looking South from the Bridge

It's the Water

Olympia's public artesian well