Gym and Birds

 Went to the gym Monday night.  Did the usual routine.  Since it was the last ninety minutes that the gym was open, there was almost no-one there, and I ended up closing the place.

Earlier, Mark and I went to Delta Ponds and looked for aquatic life.  Lots of nutria (which, apparently, is Spanish for "otter").  I got some close-ups of a various birds: a jay, a juvenile crane, and some ducks. 

Now that it's summer, the pathways are partially tunnels of verdant foliage.There were some pretty huge cranes.  We didn't see any otters, and the osprey were elsewhere. 

A particularly large nutria was on the path (overseen by some geese).  I hadn't realized that they got so big.  This one galumphed back to the water as we approached, and looked a little bit like our fat, grey cat, Smokey.

The geese were especially crabby, and hissed at us as we walked past them so we wouldn't harm their fairly large chicks.  Mark warned me not to harass them for photos too much.