Went to a new location to get other birds ....... and found nothing.
To add injury to insult right leg slipped into knee deep mud. Luckily when I fell the butt landed on soft/wet ground. Legs were like a "7" shape and had a hard time extricating myself. Camera was fine except for a bit of mud on the hood.
All for what? A better angle to #5. So after checking for damage, did take the shot while still in the mud.
On the way back to the car did manage some shots of the surroundings. We are tenacious if nothing else!
Just wanted to recount the unpleasant experience and share the aftermath.
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