bird in the water

still in the canoe
trying to get a shot before he is frightened away

Nice one!

Thanks for taking us along for the canoe ride!

Cool shot. Is that an Anhinga?

Love the pic. Sure shows off those BIG feet.

thanks pelle, tiger, elpha, and juney
yes anhinga


having trouble locating a picture in my pc
have it in a photo site
i may try using the img
hope it works

If you are "still" in a canoe or kayak, it is amazing how close you can get to the birds.

We have drifted on a river into a flock of over 100 ducks - could have petted them.
Guess they thought we were a log floating by.

We were the "log".

I know better than to get near a floating log in a Gulf Coast river. -
If it's not a 'gator, and really us a downed tree or log, it probably will be covered in fire ants.

Touching that is more than risky.

off topic--sorta

same canoe trip

there were four

only one more

I do have a zoom lever on my camera and also cropped these gator shots
we did not get this close
did have one follow the canoe when we has a fish over the side on a chain thing
willing to give it up if the need arose

guess I chased everyone off

back to birds

Where are you in the canoe?

I would be really scared in a canoe with those alligators. I remember going canoeing in Canada and the boat had a hole in it and sank. See, stuff happens. Also, I watched one swimming toward me this past weekend. I was on a pier that was totally safe, but my heart was racing anyway. You're braver than I would be.

Wait until they learn to climb ;-)