A Dolphin Flies Overhead

 I had to catch this one quickly.

I heard its distinctive sound as it was coming up the Detroit River.

It was a Dolphin helicopter belonging to the US Coast Guard.

I'm not sure if it was out on a training exercise or real exercise.  Either way, it was cool to see since it's been a while.

Catching a Dolphin

 So I headed up to Marine City on Saturday.  There were two ships that I wanted to catch and that was the first spot where I could catch them.

I first stopped at the boat launch where I usually try to get upbound ships but there was some jackwagon that parked himself and his boat across all of the parking spots.

So I headed to the little park in Marine City.  While I was there, I heard a distinctive sound.

I didn't have much time to switch lenses, but I managed to do it in time.

I was able to catch the Dolphin.

While I think it's pretty cool, I still have to remember that sometimes my good day is someone else's bad day.  It was pretty windy out, so if that's the case, I hope that person is okay.

Catching a Dolphin

 As I was waiting for my next ship, I heard this guy approaching.

Since I already had my big lens on my camera, I was waiting to get a picture of him.

Unfortunately, he turned and didn't give me as good of a shot.

But I kind of like this one.

A Collection of the Things on the River

So last Sunday I went down to Belle Isle.  There was a ship that I wanted to catch and it was a pretty nice day.  Belle Isle was pretty busy though and I almost didn't find a parking spot.  I was able to social distance though.
This is just some of the other things I see on the river.

 This guy was floating up the river.   He was moving pretty well up the river, of course it was a little on the windy side.

 A pleasure boat.

 I was happy to spot this heron.

 it flew overhead.  I think I like this shot the best.

 One more shot.

 A cormorant flew by.

As I was getting ready to leave, I heard the distinctive sound of the Dolphin on the other side of the island.

Catching the Dolphin

As I was getting ready to leave the island, I noticed some commotion by the Belle Isle bath house.  Well I noticed the commotion as police cars were passing by as I was taking pictures of the Conveyor but I noticed their destination when I got to that side of the island.

 There were some boats in the water (my next post) but what really caught my attention was the sound of the Dolphin.

 The Dolphin is the HH-65 Helicopter that belongs to the Coast Guard.  They use it in search and rescue.

 This particular one is based out of Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

 It was doing circles in a search pattern.

 After I left Belle Isle, I stopped at Milliken because I saw the helicopter was circling around.

 Milliken gave me some better pictures I think.

 the guy in the door may be a diver.

But it was cool to see.