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Jul. 10th, 2023 08:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynGot my kayak out this weekend. Saturday wasn't the greatest of days for it- there was some fog in the distance so I thought I'd be able to paddle to Snake Island and around it safely. Mmmmnope. I got to within a reasonable distance of the island and realized the fog had rolled in so hard I was having trouble seeing back to shore. (Edit: the distance in question was about 400 meters.) That's the point when I turned around and aimed for the nearest anchored boat, because those were visible and I figured I'd be able to see the shore by the time I reached them. Had to pause partway, as there was what appeared to be a parade of jetskiers in the channel- first a standard boat, followed by a line of ten or twelve jetskis in single file, traveling at not-quite-wake-generating speeds. Paddled like hell after they passed, as I wanted to make sure they didn't have a laggard group that might come out of the fog and hit me. Got home safely.
Yesterday was better. Still fog, but the wind blew from the land outwards and cleared enough of it for me to loop the island safely and get back to shore. Oystercatchers galore, a whole bunch of common terns, two species of egret, song sparrows and red-winged blackbirds from the trees on the island, some kind of swallow- I'm terrible at identifying those- at least one yellowlegs, possibly a willet, possibly an osprey. I am still amused by the fact that great egrets are magnificently beautiful to look at but when they vocalize they sound like someone dropped a spoon in a running garbage disposal.
Yesterday was better. Still fog, but the wind blew from the land outwards and cleared enough of it for me to loop the island safely and get back to shore. Oystercatchers galore, a whole bunch of common terns, two species of egret, song sparrows and red-winged blackbirds from the trees on the island, some kind of swallow- I'm terrible at identifying those- at least one yellowlegs, possibly a willet, possibly an osprey. I am still amused by the fact that great egrets are magnificently beautiful to look at but when they vocalize they sound like someone dropped a spoon in a running garbage disposal.
