Crayfish and Caterpillars
My morning was almost a repeat of yesterday at Lakeside Park. The great blue heron was in position and there was again not enough light for anything other than grainy photos when I first arrived. I felt that I had to upload this dark and grainy photo though, because instead of a catfish, the great blue heron pulled what appears to be a crayfish out of the lake, and that is a first for me: I really did not want to take similar photos to those I took of the great blue heron yesterday, so I decided to move further along to where the beaver was busily working on its daily maintenance, clearing channels in the bed of the stream. Moving mud: And also any branches which were obstructing: I walked inland from there to the wildflower meadow and was happy to find a little hairy caterpillar on a leaf, bejewelled by the morning dew: I heard a car pull into the parking area and met up with a fellow photographer. We swapped stories for a while and then spied the young pied-bill...