August 31 – September 1, 2017, Thursday — Bottleneck Inlet —

The rain was relentless during our stay at Bottleneck.  In between rain cells, however, I managed to get a few photos on my paddles. 

 

 

Thanks to Elizabeth Gilbert, I have a new appreciation for moss, which is why this moss- covered rock face caught my eye.  Did you know that moss eats rock?  Over centuries, moss can turn a rock face into gravel.

 

 

Some of the trees have moss growing on them, and parasites or ferns thriving on top of the moss.

 

I did manage to scare up this pair of Loons.

 

 

I spotted this water-logged eagle high up in a tree one day.

 

 

While I was checking out the little waterfalls the rain was creating, some movement in the tree branches nearby caught my eye.  This Varied Thrush was enjoying the last of the summer elderberries.  I’d never seen this beautiful little bird before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Near one of the waterfalls I spotted something very small.  I zoomed way in, but whatever it was was so small and moving so fast that it took forever for me to find and focus in on what turned out to be a busy little Winter Wren.  Its body didn’t look much bigger than a walnut.