8. Five Days on the Clearwater - Day 1/2/3 - Looking 280 ^o W downstream
Copyright © 1999 Tony Foster

24/25/26 July 1999 • with DR • a female Merganser and seven chicks labouriously paddle their way upstream, making no progress against the strong current • they suddenly increase their energy, half lifting their bodies + begin to aquaplane, shooting past my painting site at high speed •