Long Legs

Woke up well before Sunup, and couldn't go back to sleep, and watched TV a bit...gathered the gear and over to Last Chance for Breakfast (missing second half of Charmed)...Sun stlll not up!....and thought was maybe to sight the Baby Bobcat...that pursuit, I explained to the crew, was reason for being early...'oh, we saw a white housecat thereabout, and thenabout'....'was Bobcat white', I asked my intreped reporter.....'yeah'...hmmmph...well, I was out and about early anyway, and after Breakfast, paddled out to Two Top Pine Meadow...quiet...Grey Squirrel, Eight Ravens at Swinging Bridge Picnic...scenic pics...continued on the Outside Loop to the Boardwalks, and nearing the Merced at CAD Beach, startled Great Blue Heron....Long Legs flew out over the River, and downriver towards Ozone Beach....thought to continue the loop, and caught myself...that was Blue Heron!...not often seen...so followed aways along the River...across the River, Coyote calling out in Owl Woods....Heron not to be seen, so backtracked to the Path and Swinging Bridge...had hopes of maybe seeing both Coyote and Heron, as it's one of Coyote's routines to travel from the Woods towards the Meadow along the Path behind the Rooms...and from the Path opposite the Burnt Forest, I did sight Coyote!!...very cool...farfar away pics....lost sight of Coyote in the Forest...continued along the River on the Use Path...and nearing the Giant Ponderosa With View of Half Dome, I sighted Blue Heron perched in the Pine!!!...veryverycool...and Heron very backlit...after a few pics, I worked around for a better angle...there was a chance for Half Dome to be in the Background, and in the flight pic up, which is what Heron did, fly off after just a few more pics, in the flight pic, that is Half Dome in the Background!....checked the Trees at Ozone Beach to see if Heron was still about...one can often follow Heron Tree to Tree...but lost sight....a fine morning walkabout!!...returned to the Cabin, and nap...sunny blueblue warm, very little ice on the Falls Wall overnight....I dont know what became of the White House Cat, last reported over a week ago....and of course, there is no Baby Bobcat...hmmph...