Coyote And Woodduck

Made the Little Loop, from Ozone Beach to Creek's End, after Breakfast, and thought to go for a long hike, but at the Cabin, weather report seemed a bit ominous, and I was a bit sleepy, and so snoozed until two!....geared up,picked up lunch to go, roastbeef, peanutbutter cookie, apple juice, and then back to Ozone, and thereabout tourists with report of Coyote on the Road... turned, and looked between the Rooms, and there was Coyote!.....tagged along with Coyote, and tourists too, out to Two Top Pine Meadow.....more clips and pics for sometime than just the two up...paralleled Coyote out to the Broken Cottonwood...set up thereabout....Coyote was across the Meadow, but then meandered back towards me....used the Cottonwood as a blind, and came very close to a closeclose Coyote pic!....Coyote went up the Use Path past the Stone Wall, and then back across the Meadow....Ponds had made Coyote divert....followed out about to the Burnt Log, and looked at the Willows, and there was Mallard Pair, like before, and a third Mallard too, I thought, until I looked closer....Woodduck!!....all thumbs...quick pics with new camera, and tried for clip with 20x, but card full...fortunately, the mini digi was all set to go, and I got a couple clips before Woodduck disappeared into the Grasses...for a long time!...I sat on the Burnt Log and had lunch....Mallards flew off...and Wooduck made a brief appearance swimming about...I was patient, and waitedwaited, hopeful for clear in focus clips and pics, which I really hadn't gotten yet...and then, sigh, in the distance I see a patrol of teenage kids headed for Two Top, exploring, and inevitably they explored right over to the Willows, not knowing they couldn't cross the Meadow there because of water--"Are we in your picture?"...."There's my picture."...I pointed to Woodduck flying off towards Sentinel....an apology was offered, but I remained silent, too miffed!, and they all reversed and trooped back the way they came...hmmph...tourists giveth, and taketh away....picked up, and followed Woodduck back to the Merced, but no luck, until I happened on the Snag Log...it hauled out right over Sentinel Creek, and family was about...distant pic...as I walked by, some began sitting on the Log, and I really wanted that pic, but didn't want to intrude, and continued out to Beaver Bend, and across the Road along the Rocky Slope...Flicker clip....and back to Ozone Beach...made the Little Loop part way second time...figured out the kodak does zoom, digital wise, and works fine with the scope!...cut through the Woods to the Path, and nearing the Cabin, happened on a Doe, good subject for the kodak to try, and thereabout were several Tanagers....tried the kodak, but it zooms in so much I couldn't sight on Tanagers...left off, and got some pics with the new camera...for sometime...still a little time before dinner ends, and went back to the Creek...Blue Jays scolding, but no luck....picked up pizza to go at Last Chance, and was all settled in in the Cabin for the evening, and the power went out...watched a Starwars dvd animation, Clone Wars, and then thought to go to sleep, and the power came back on...sigh...so once again up late doing uploads and post up!....it's okay, I can sleep almost 'till one....clear blue early in the morning, gradually clouding over for a greygrey evening, cool, and breeze.....veryverycool to see Woodduck.... when I first went back to the Creek for Fauna and Flora, the Tiki Temple workers reported a Woodduck...this three years ago!.......formatting a new card in the 20x, I messed up, and lost some clips, and pics that showed just where Woodduck was, with the view across the Meadow to Half Dome, Clouds Rest, North Dome, and the rest...will try tomorrow, maybe Woodduck will still be about....top pic is motioned blurred...