Large Aquatic Mammals - Alex Shapiro

Sometimes while refilling the bird feeders on my deck, I’m interrupted by sounds from daily life, like, say, when one of our cats upchucks a hairball in the background. Ooh, lovely! Other times, like yesterday afternoon, I’m interrupted by a different, even more attention-getting sound, as you’ll hear and see below.
I began slapping together a quick video to post of a few frames from this encounter, when yet another imposing visitor swam by. Having a wide-eyed moment of, “I’m in between mixing a track and filling score orders and fixing a typo in an old bassoon part and omg I can’t believe these creatures are as natural a part of my routine as all that stuff is," inspired me to compile several of my Autumn 2019 highly amateur home movies of the very large aquatic mammals who regularly appear on my doorstep (which is really more like a resort swim-up bar).
If you happen to live in a city, or inland, as shaky as my camera work is, you might get a kick out of experiencing what life on the edge of a little Pacific Northwest island is really like- deadlines and hairballs be damned!
Underscore: BENEATH
Alex Shapiro
The Fox Valley Orchestra
Stephen Squires, conductor
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