Breakfast

An Egret this morning. Saw it catch a couple of fish.

Now I know there's one here somewhere

Caught it!

Swallowing it

couple of old photos

I haven't been carrying my camera on walks due to babysitting a 3rd dog. It's 30x harder to walk 3 dogs than it is to walk 2. I've missed it, though. Great sunset with bad whether rolling in, and no camera.
These are some old photos I haven't posted yet, taken at W.E. Johnson Park.

Bugs on the other side of the Yakima River

Two different views of the same dragonfly. I kept walking around to get a face shot, and it kept hopping around to show me its rear. Love to know what it thought I was doing.

This black dragonfly was huge, at least 5" long from nose to tail.


This turquoise dragonfly was really stunning looking. Hard to photograph as it didn't sit still and stayed in the shadows.


Walked in a hateful little area, lots of bugs and tons of trash. It was 101 degrees and Murphy couldn't handle the heat, so I trusted Finn to walk along and carried/coaxed Murphy. Big mistake - Finn found something extremely pungent to roll in. Don't know where she's sleeping tonight, but it isn't with me.
The dragonflies are new types. Amazing variety of dragonflieys, and these are just across the river from all the others I've taken.

While I took a photo, my mom took a photo

It's sad really, look at how beautiful the scene is, and all I saw was the bird on the post in the front. OK, in my defense, I may have noticed the scene, but with my telephoto lens, I couldn't have taken that shot anyway.

Still more Oregon Coast photos

Oregon Coast - My Brother's photos

I never heard back permission to post his photos, so I guess that isn't the lack of permission either.

More Oregon Coast birds

I also figured out how to put a watermark on the photos. Not a good one, but it's a start.

Gray Oregon Coast - Birds

There were thousands and thousands of shorebirds. This is where my 100-400 lens shines. Too bad about the total lack of light, though.