Sandhill Cranes Flight

After Breakfast, paddled over to the Hummocks, Eight Mallards napping, and likely Nine....continued under the Oaks along the Road....Buck, and Two Does and One Fawn by Shuttle Stop Six(Seven?--the two stops at either road side at the Visitor Center!)...pics and clip, and when I picked up, I left the waterproof camera on the Bench....checked mail, and returned to Bobcat Meadow...nearing the Artist's Grove, sighted Two Does and One Fawn by the Azaleas.....Blue Jays and Black Phoebe too...pics and clips...continued the Meadow Loop, and when passing the Woodpecker Tree, realized I didn't have the waterproof...hurryscurried back to the Bench...favorite little camera gone...reported to Visitor Center Lost and Found, and went back to the Shuttle Stops to catch Shuttle back...time...and once on the Shuttle, asked if anyone had maybe turned in camera, as Shuttle may have been last at Six (Shuttles make a continuous loop), and driver friend teased me a bit..."were there pics of an Owl, and a Hawk, and..."...'"yes, yes"....much thanks to the unknown tourists, and my friend, that retrieved my camera!...not entirely unknown though, as on the sd card, a pic of everyone on the Shuttle mugging for the camera, a fine souvenir!....Hundred Blue jays, Acorn Woodpeckers about...sunny blueblue warm....at Lunch: sat a brief while at the Ozone Beach Cottonwoods....Raven high overhead, and Merganser, I think, furiously flying by upriver.....Sandhillcranes pic from Monday at Merced Wildlife Refuge....