I was in the San Luis Valley on business so after that was complete, drove to the game preserve in Monte Vista. Didn't know what I'd find but was sort of hoping for Gt. Blue Herons. Instead got a nice shot of some wading birds and this Snowy Egret.

Saw my first fawns of the season. Drove around town, near the lakes, places where I'd heard of sightings then something told me to come back toward my house. Sure enough, one street away I saw two does and a pair of twins. As I continued to watch their was one fawn with one doe and twins with the other. I got some nice shots. I smiled a lot.

Had a good weekend at the Art in the Park in La Veta. Went shooting today and found a swallowtail butterfly. It was a beautiful drive, peaceful, quiet. Just me and the butterfly for a long time.

So, I worked at the paper on Wed., did errands all day today until evening then headed to the lake to "heron hunt." I went to a place that's shallow with nice reeds and didn't see any and was thinking, hmmm, this looks like a good place for a heron to be hanging out, when one silently lifted up and glided away.

I then went over to another place, usually don't go there, it's down a long path, usually don't have good luck there and at first didn't see anything but then there was a heron just standing there. So, I took several (ok, 200) pictures. It was nice. This is one.