June 10th

[Shortsighted]

I visited Cranberry marsh early yesterday morning in hopes of finding the Willet previously reported but I couldn't find it anywhere, although I now realize that there is one spot that I failed to investigate because I'm not too swift at that early hour.  There were Canada geese but little else.  I called out "Willet!" in my best impression of Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront because I didn't really expect the bird to respond to "Stella!"  All to no avail ... so, I moved on.

 
Snapping turtle



Eastern Kingbird



Savannah sparrow



Bob O. Link



Snipe



Yellow warbler



Osprey


Two tails

[Dr. John]

I like the detail of just one tail piece of the fish left in the osprey's talons.

[Shortsighted]

Good!  If you like it, then my work is done.  They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so there is a story.  A thousand words would be an essay, or one hell of an elaborate excuse.  I call this story 'The Tale of Two Tails'.  What little was left of this fish, let's call it the tail-piece, or a nice piece of tail, was taken back to the nest for the chicks, who I'm quite sure love a tail, or two.