Is this a fresh water eel? This is what I thought was a ‘big fish’ the other day - Whatever it is, there were several of them, slurping and swishing in the shallow water, and they gave me the creeps. I’ve seen them now twice; once when I also caught a shot of that muskrat, and now again when all there were were these slimey creatures; showing their backs above the water. I have no idea what they were feeding on, but whatever it is, this environment seems to be rich with food for them.

This appears to be a female mallard duck. The lighting throws the color off; this is late afternoon between 4-5 pm.

I took some blind shots of some action in this collection of dead wood. I had no idea what was really going on there until I downloaded the pictures from my camera. A big blue heron was preening there.