Besides a fawn and a few wild turkeys earlier in the week (and of course the mouse), we haven't spotted much wildlife on our amazing vacation up here in Maine. Even the starfish we were promised when we walked down to the causeway were not in evidence, but on that day, there was something better.
As the dogs swam in Norwood Cove, there was a sudden flurry of fish jumping out of the water near the sluice, and then a seal leapt out of the water and did a little spin before splashing back in. We followed his movement by the ripples of fish trying to escape being eaten, and then, we saw just two eyes and a smooth gray head poking above the water. It turns out he was following the movement of our dogs as they paddled around the shallows after a stick.
Who knows if he saw them as kith or kin or foe; he did not approach, even as he kept his eyes periscopically fixed on them. But the tide was retreating, and with it the fish, so he plunged below the surface, did a little flip, and swam out to sea.
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