We’ll start this one a little closer to home. I don’t see many turtles (or, in fact, any) around the house, but this one was crossing the driveway.

As there wasn’t a lot of traffic that might endanger him, I left her to make her own way.
Can you spot the snake? I almost missed this guy, but fortunately I did because I was armed with a lawnmower at the time.

If you’re still having trouble seeing the creature:

Ok, he’s still pretty hard to see.

Schedule pushed me to make my lake outing at an usual time of day: evening. The light was fading, making it less than ideal for photography, but I did catch this one illustrating why Double Crested Cormorants are often called “snake birds”:

Yes, that’s a Great Blue Heron in the background. Here’s the real obligatory Great Blue Heron picture:

I tried to catch the sun dog, but the photograph just doesn’t do it justice.

Still, it was a nice evening to finally get out.