My neighbor, Heidi Swoboda, is a professional photographer and has hosted meetings for the Professional Photographers of Washington at her home here in Leavenworth. Last weekend was just such an occasion and one of the activities that Heidi offered was to go to Fish Lake to get some shots of the ospreys and bald eagles. I was invited to go along and pilot one of the three pontoon boats that she had reserved for the morning at the Cove Resort. When we arrived, there were white caps on the main lake, and it was decided it would be best to stay in the cove at the resort where the water was calm and it was a warmer as we were out of the chilly wind. We were able to get some shots of blue herons, ospreys and eagles right in this bay. The wind settled down a bit, and we ventured out into the main lake and were entertained by more ospreys and eagles. I didn’t really get a chance to attract the birds near the boat by tossing small perch out on the water. Still, the chatter of camera shutters was heard throughout the morning, and everyone enjoyed the outing.