I was planning a bike ride this morning, but there was just a bit too much fog in the area for my tastes, or risk analysis. A quick change of plans got me out on the lake instead.
Some Double-Crested Cormorants are still hanging around:
Great Egrets are around this time of year, but this isn’t one of them. This is actually a juvenile Little Blue Heron (fool me once…):
The Geese are, of course, here year-round:
These Geese might have been migrating, but I suspect they were locals out practicing migration formations:
This Osprey seemed to be just playing around in the wind. I’m sure, though, that if he spotted a fish, play time would have turned quickly into lunch time:
Now here’s the Great Egret:
And, of course, the Great Blue Heron picture. This one was standing on top of a duck house at the end of a backwater and didn’t seem concerned at all about my approach.
This one was hanging out near the Cormorant and decided to head off into the fog: