The Catch

I saw one just like the one in this painting. It came right next to our canoe, while my husband and I watched it give the fish to it's babies. She was teaching it how to get food. What surprised me the most, was they trusted us enough to come close. Tom and I had stopped paddling when we rounded the corner and they were right there, and instead of the parent going ballistic she came to us. Unusual for loons to do this when the baby is near. Maybe they know we are the ones who put their floating nest out for them every year.