A solo loon, we rarely see them this far south.  His call was a pretty lonely sounding chirp not the locating warble call I love.  Cattle, who would have thought they would let them graze right up to the water’s edge of a potable water reservoir?  I guess it is no worse than the burros…. we saw probably 30 of them today and they all come to the lake for water.  They hide in the shadow at the base of a cliff in the heat of the day.  Smart fellows.  Oh yeah, we caught 8 fish today and enjoyed a long cool dip in the lake.