Thank God it's Monday!

Weekends, unless I have plans, I seldom live the house so I look forward to less activity at my little "hide-a-way" on Monday mornings. The comings and goings of fisherman and families usually keep the wildlife stirred up, so the work week is something I look forward to.

This morning I attached the 1.4 teleconverter to the 200-400mm in attempt to capture a Great Blue Heron in the water with a fish in it's mouth. When arrived at my favorite spot there wasn't even any geese in sight, but listening to the birds chirping and the calmness of the water was still more than rewarding.

There is a "stick-up" of branches in the water that I've tried to capture many times, but never with any success. While I was pondering how to try again this Green Heron flew up and landed on one of the branches. Perfect!

Since the image is a little soft NIK Glamor glow was applied a little heavily.

This image is a little sharper. I haven't seen many Green Heron's so was pleasantly surprised to get one of these guys on the stick-ups.

Meanwhile, the regular Great Blue Heron landed behind me, so I vacated the immediate area to give him the opportunity to fish in peace.

While I was standing away from the heron about six deer appeared on the opposite shoreline. At least 3 of them were fawns, so I walked back out to get a little closer and was fortunate enough to capture these two:

These were the only two that didn't run off at my approach. Finished with the deer, I backed away and this Green Heron assumed my spot.

Meanwhile, the Great Blue Heron caught his breakfast.

While I wasn't able to get him in the water, still in all I'd say it was a pretty productive morning.
Now it's time for a nap. I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend.