We finally got Margene out on the kayaks yesterday.  We had a muddy start - the lake level has dropped several feet since last weekend, and instead of getting started in the sand, we started off in the muddy silt.  Margene almost lost a shoe before we got started.

I did manage to catch a photo of a cormorant on the buoy this time - I've tried before, but they flew off before I could get my camera out of the waterproof bag.  This guy was a little braver (or slower....)

And of the heron....cropping makes such a difference.  Here's two crops of the same picture.

One seems to emphasize the bird, and the other the background

We had a couple of ducks out with us too.

Margene is now talking about getting a kayak too.....