Around the Bend

One common way to see a heron is in the foliage along the lake bank. You learn quickly, if you are kayaking for the purpose of seeing one, to steer wide around corners so as not to inadvertently flush them and send them flying off. From a North Georgia lake . (1 of 2)

Knock Knees

Second view. Knobby knees. From a North Georgia lake . (1 of 2)

Pileated Woodpecker

Over the years, I missed many opportunities to photograph the Pileated Woodpecker. Once, I watched with the wrong camera equipment from a kayak as a mother and three fledglings pranced around 20 feet up the side of a large pine tree. Then a pair began to appear from time to time around a cabin we use in North Georgia.Here is one foraging for black ants in the remains of a tree that had fallen nearby. From along a cove in North Georgia. (1 of 3)

Pileated Woodpecker

Foraging Pileated Woodpecker. From along a cove in North Georgia. (2 of 3)

Pileated Woodpecker

Foraging Pileated Woodpecker. From along a cove in North Georgia. (3 of 3)

The Phoebe

Her nest was nearby snuggled along a ledge beneath a porch floor. She often catches her prey in mid-flight, as she did here. Earlier in the day, we watched as she snatched a spider's prey out of a web and then, for good measure, snatched the spider as well. From alongside a cove in North Georgia.