Meg is Mad Again :)

Ok, so since Meg is on my case again because of my lack of posting...Here's pictures of my back yard birding this weekend. I know. So exciting!

Now for the Fun!

Ok, got the downer posts out of the way. Here are the pics of the fun, by theme. I will start with the theme that takes the MOST of my photos. The Birds. This year, we were visited, not only by the regular Loons, but also by a baby Loon. I have never seen a baby in person...so fun! The baby even hobbled on to our beach to use the "bathroom" one afternoon! She was clearly out of Mom and Dad's reach at that point and they quickly called her back out to the lake! (This is only a SMALL fraction of the pictures of Loons we took this week!)

 Open Beak, Insert Fish

 Grab a Drink

 Swallow

 The Whole Fish Down the Hatch

 Expand Neck

 And Done.

 Hello!

 Preening

 This close!

 Baby Baldy

 Big Blue

And one more baby...a HUGE baby Bald Eagle...flew in on us while we were waiting for dinner at Ernie's!

The Big Blue (Blue Heron) was at Maddens, hanging out on a downed tree.

After the Arboretum...

After the Arboretum, Josh wanted to stop at the chiropractor on the way home so I had him drop the kids and I off at the MG Public Library...and we headed out back behind the library for a walk...a very short walk...before we found all kinds of critters to explore!