DUCK SAVES IT'S PARTNER

 THE WIND WAS MOVING THE ICE FROM THE WEST PART OF THE LAKE THRU THE NARROWS....CREATING OPENINGS AND THEN CLOSING THEM AGAIN. THE ICE IS ANYWHERE FROM 4" THICK TO 1' THICK.   FIRST I SPOTTED A LOON SURROUNDED BY ICE..   IT JUST FLOATED WITH THE ICE FOR THE LONGEST TIME AND THEN DIVED.... THE NEAREST OPENING AT LEAST 200 M'S AWAY.
NEXT I NOTICED TWO DUCKS (PROBABLY AMERICAN WIGEON) IN A 10' ROUND OPEN SPOT.  THEY JUST SWAM ROUND AND ROUND.... THEN THE OPENING STARTED TO CLOSE AND ONE DUCK FLEW UP AND LANDED ON THE MOVING ICE WHILE THE OTHER DIVED AS THE HOLE CLOSED SHUT.  
A FEW MINUTES PASSED......  I THOUGHT "OH NO!!!!!
THEN THE DUCK ON THE ICE FLEW OVER WHERE THE DIVING DUCK HAD LAST BEEN AND IT JUMPED UP AND DOWN MANY TIMES.... THEN FLEW OFF.  SUDDENLY..  OUT OF THE ICE CAME THE OTHER DUCK AND IT FOLLOWED IT'S FLYING PARTNER.
AMAZING!!!!!

CANADIAN GEESE OUT FOR A CRUISE

THIS LITTLE SANDPIPER HAS STOOD PERFECTLY STILL FOR OVER 15 MINUTES AND WAS STILL STANDING LIKE THAT WHEN I LEFT.