Someone came to inspect our garbage receptacles. I was not present, but my sister was able to get to her camera (after the bear walked within 30 feet of her, looked at her and my mom, then continued on to where the trash cans are located), but the bear was not interested in photo-ops.
The first time I got a picture of this bird, I was not real certain regarding its identity. But one or more of its kind makes a visit to the lake each year and I look forward to sighting them. Today I happened to get lucky to see three of them at once, though they weren’t close enough together for me to get a picture of all of them at the same time.
taken 4 July 2010
it was cool to see them land atop the trees and just sit there seemingly out of place