Testing the new camera

My trusty everyday camera, the Canon Powershot finally died.  Ended up replacing it with a Nikon Coolpix with 60 x optical zoom.  Since it finally stopped raining, thought I'd give it a try today.

So here is the estuary...note the dark spot out there across the water....

and there it is...with a Great Blue Heron on it.  

First bay....looked for Salmon, couldn't see any yet, but there are geese out there...probably about 200 of them...

Here are some of the Canada Geese...

Bald Eagle in one of the 'eagle' trees by the viewing platform.

no sign of salmon at the log bay yet either.

Happy to find a few King's Cup Gentian in flower in the grasslands.  They'd been under water for so long I wasn't sure if they'd flower or not.

this evening spotted something out there in the water.....

turned out to be a young Hooded Merganser.