The tide was high, the bay was calm
and the late afternoon light beckoned me. The birds were everywhere along the shoreline.
Great egrets, blue herons, snowy egrets and songbirds. I grabbed my camera and very quietly found my way to the kayak, in hopes of going sight unseen. The entire flock took to wing and left me sitting in the water quite alone. They just left, altogether, gone, zippo.
It seems I have lost my touch.
But this lone Great Egret took pity on me and remained behind.
He preened and watched me as I watched him.
We enjoyed the next hour just being in each other's company.
Until I discovered a Great Blue Heron in the canopy of a tree and I slowly paddled over to have a look see....
No comments:
Post a Comment