It was a beautiful fall morning, 15C/59F, clear as could be, occasional cool breeze (in June???), so I had to get the boat out on the lake.

First, earlier I lamented on how difficult it was to get a picture of insects, so just to show me up this one photo-bombed a cell phone pic I was trying to get of some ducks yesterday.

Today all the usual characters were present and accounted for, but i”m not sure who this is:

Didn’t get a good luck at this guy, but I’m thinking “hawk” (yeah, doin’ real well on bird ID this morning):

The Osprey (those I can identify!) nest platform is starting to look a bit more crowded these days:

Meanwhile, at the northern end of the lak, these two Osprey looked like they were both hunting. Maybe the kids were really hungry this morning?

Gooses and gooslets were working on brunch (cue music: “It’s a Family Affair….”):

At first I thought I was seeing another Osprey and he was a little far for a picture, but then I realized this was a Bald Eagle. He was across the lake by the time I grabbed the camera and got off some shots:

I didn’t see a lot of turtles out sunning, but this one seemed to start a trend:

Hey, stop shovin’!

And finally, the obligatory Great Blue Heron pic, on the wing:

(cue more music) Sittin’ on the doc of the bay, watchin’ the kayak go by….