Some gulls prefer trolling on a sandy beach.  Other gulls prefer sunning on a log on an Adirondack lake:

On a hot afternoon on Follensby Clear Pond, the ducks were not about to move from their lounge chairs even for a visitor, whom they simply eyed languidly…

Even the frogs were just laying around…

But this osprey, nesting on top of a tall pine tree, never wavered from her vigilant watch for predators who might steal the chicks in that nest:

Later in the evening, I watched the sun set over Blue Mountain Lake:

A beautiful end to a perfect day in the North Country!