Animals we saw from the ship, Sunset, and our ships shadow

When we first got into our cabin we just sat there and watched all the different seagulls fly by. Some were so close we could have reached out and grabbed them. They were two types black-winged and gray wing seagulls. Further into the trip we saw a deer crossing between two islands. The deer was making good headway and then, as I took pictures  I could see our wake bounce him up and down a bit. He seemd to handle that with no problem at all. The light played tricks with our wake. And the sunset went on and on and on starting with a great and glorious yellow strip across the sky and ending in a orange blast

The seagull was at most 3 feet away

Masquerading as a bald eagle

A great contrast in colors

I like the Leading Edge of white feathers

Yes I am looking at you

Time to pose for the camera

Is that something to eat

Camera shy

Leslie said what is that in the water?

Then she says oh my God that's a deer!

Swimming right through the wake of the ship

Approaching the sun set

No more villages

The ship is squeezing through some very narrow channels between islands

What could it be?

It almost looks like a watercolor or an etching but it is the wake of the ship

Due to the northern latitude that where you're at are at the sunset lingers on

And on

And on

And on until your battery dies

And then you use your other camera

Because it still has some battery power

One last squeeze through here and will be out into the Baltic Sea

 The sun is down now and we are getting very close to these islands. You can see from the railing how close the ship is

The shadow of the ship in the trees