Born to angle
Double-crested Cormorant, mill
I spotted this bird, a Double-crested Cormorant from the look of things, from the road as I walked by the millpond dam, and while I wasn't hauling the big telephoto I use for birds, I did have a medium tele-zoom in the backpack, so I opted for a photographic detour. I had a pretty good idea that the bird would fly before I could get close enough but, ah, ye of little faith, it stayed on its perch and let me approach within 200mm range. Maybe I was simply lucky, or, more likely, the DCC was so intent on snagging some of the small fish and frogs that frequented the area that it simply paid little attention to me. For this, much thanks. I don't see too many cormorants in the pond, so this was a natural history gift.