I caught a couple of fish!

...on film.  :)

When Katie and I took our evening walk along the river last night, we went to where there was water and followed it a little way.  I started hearing all this splashing and saw a big fish jumping out of the water.  I saw a bunch of fish swimming along with their backs out of the water, too, because these are tall fish, backbone to stomach, and don't fit in the shallow water.  That's what the camp host at Riverside Campground told me and I saw it for myself.  The jumping was taking place in a deeper area, though, and I could see the fish through the clear water. Can you see them all?

First new bird for Thursday - I saw a Green Heron.  I sure wasn't expecting to see one of these!  I wish he wasn't in a tree with branches in front of him, it blurred the shots a little, but these aren't too bad.  It's so strange how they have such a long neck when they are alert, and then scrunch down into a short, fat bird when they are relaxed.  He flew down to the ground, ran around a little, then flew over the river to a tree.  He moved around a lot, stretching out his neck and looking to the left, then compacting back to a short thick neck and looking to the right.  Then turning around.  Then he flew away - I barely got him in flight, and he was gone. 

 

This is my second new bird for Thursday - a Vermilion Flycatcher.  Again, not so clear, but the only ones I could get before he flew away.

I wonder what I'll see today?  Well, not much. 

Around 1:30 this afternoon Katie and I took a walk back to the place I saw the Green Heron and suddenly she started yelling and screaming and falling down.  I checked her feet, and no stickers.  She seemed fine, stood up again and started walking and went through the whole thing again.  Geez!  I didn't know what to do.  She's never acted like this before.  I picked her up, and she clung to me, wagging her tail like mad.  I reached down and felt the sand that was on the path - hot Hot HOT!  Poor little Katie was getting four hot feet.  I felt so bad I almost cried. It was nice out, but not hot.  That sand must be a real heat conductor, because we've had no issues walking around the campground.  We were on that trail early evening yesterday, so I guess the sand had cooled down by that time.  Katie wagged her tail all the way back to The Palms.  :(   Now it's raining, YEAAAA!, and we are definitely in for the day. 

From me and Katie, have a great Friday, everyone!  :)