It rained hard all day long, so I wasn’t able to go paddling.  However, not too far from the boat,  I spotted this merganser.

When he spotted me, he flew up about 50 feet and landed on a dead tree.  The tree was missing it’s top, so it provided a nice platform for the merganser.  I’d never seen a merganser in a tree before.

This common loon came close enough to the boat for me to get these shots.