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Happy Saturday!

A potpourri of images for you today.  I had a meeting down town yesterday morning and after that I headed for the river with my long lens.  Found a group of pelicans fishing near the lock so I spent some time photographing them.  I didn’t realize until halfway through my session that there was a lady below me on the walkway who was also photographing the pelicans.

This is a favorite fishing hole for many local anglers and when a group of pelicans are hanging around it there are very few fish available for the humans.  I was getting ready to leave when fisherman crossed over and took up his position on the outside wall of the lock.  I obviously didn’t know his intent but it looked as though he was trying to scare the pelicans off with his casts.

At first, I thought this was a stick protruding from the water but it kept moving and when I looked at it through my lens I saw it was a turtle swimming towards the shore line.  The more I watched the more turtles I saw swimming in the same direction.  I was probably there 30 – 45 minutes and didn’t notice them until I saw this one.  Then when I started looking for them, they were plentiful.

Grilled some burgers last night and as I was enjoying the mild weather on the patio I noticed the sliver of moon.  I grabbed my “small bird” camera that I keep on a tripod and set up with the 400 mm lens (a little small for the moon) and made a couple of shots of the moon.

That’s it for today.  Supposed to be a beautiful day in our part of the world.  Hope it is where you are as well.  Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy your day and be careful.