Coming and Going

Posted on by Brenda under photos, Weather, wildlife

Busy days–we popped back into a marina to enable us to take care of errands and to have a worry-free Thanksgiving celebration with friends, off the boat. Now we’re preparing to leave. It was raining during our trip to the marina and unfortunately, too much debris in the waters to simply sit in the chart house and enjoy the drizzle. Here are a couple pics of that day:

David at the helm with a ready smile and laugh no matter the conditions.

Leaving Mildred Island meant leaving the lovely wildlife there.

I love RainX, it makes the water bead up on the glass and helps keep the glass clean, too.

The American Coot

Posted on by Brenda under anchoring, photos, wildlife

I’d heard of coots. I’d seen a few coots. But, before we anchored at Mildred Island this month, I never experienced entire flocks of coots swimming and dancing on the waters around me. Here’s a link with information about the American Coot:
http://www.arkive.org/american-coot/fulica-americana/

You never know what the flock is going to do. After a few days anchored, I did notice that they were especially fun to watch at sunset. So I turned on the video setting in my little camera and this is what I saw. Swimming, dancing, and chasing each other. That’s what they do, it seems.