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Caught Napping

We've been visiting Glacier National Park the last few days and last night I went into the park to shoot some waterfalls and cascades on Upper McDonald Creek. I actually never got past this particular cascade, exploring different camera angles and, just before leaving, setting up the camera on delay to get a snapshot of me and the dog.

Kevin, Roxe, and the Harlequins I didn't realize they were even back there until I was taking everything down to leave and, just as at Cave Falls in Yellowstone where a Dipper practically landed in my lap, I was not equipped with a long lens to do anything about it. The arrows are pointing to a pair of Harlequin Ducks (yes, the same ducks I've been searching for the last 3 days) who had decided to pop in while I was making this photo. It required 3 "takes" because Roxie still hasn't learned when to look at the camera; the ducks are not in the first frame but in both the second and third. They were several hundred feet down river (naturally) by the time I got back with the right gear.

I have some stuff to post which I hope to get to later today since this morning, at least, looks like rain.