Kingbird doing its hummingbird imitation
Today was the first day I got back in my kayak! A friend was supposed to take me yesterday - but the wind kept up until the afternoon, and I wimped out. Today was beautiful. My husband loaded the kayak on the jetboat, and off we went to Charbonneau Park. Once there, we unloaded the kayak, and I launched from the beach. I was even able to use my standard entry method - which had seemed much more difficult a couple of months ago when I made a "dry run" in the front yard. I paddled past the park, past several nice beaches, and into an area where the terns are that you see pictured above. There were carp at the surface everywhere, and lots of bank swallows. Eventually, I paddled out to my husband, and we tried having me exit onto the swim platform of the boat, then load the kayak while in the middle of the river. Success on both counts! So, it looks like I'll be able to take up kayaking again - once I get a roof rack that works for the car I'm using now.
The photos above were taken from the jetboat. Except the last one, of course, which was taken off the front deck. The kingbirds have indeed built a nest in the rain gutter over the deck, and get quite agitated when we come out to use the deck. This seems to be their method of making sure we're staying where we belong - on the deck, at a good distance from the nest. They really do hover, right in front of us, apparently just keeping an eye on what's going on with the downstairs neighbors.
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