Hot Summer Days

We continue to have very hot days in Southwest Florida. We are so thankful that Isaias has been downgraded to a tropical storm and is also bypassing our area.

Our drive through Ding yesterday looked as if it were going to be uneventful, but we came upon a group of Roseate Spoonbills and most of them were getting ready to take off. The photographers are always lined up trying to get good photos of them in flight. I’m sure it’s a funny thing to watch, but I’m right there with them, snapping away!

I’ll warn you ahead of time, there are a lot of photos in today’s post!

On your mark, get set . . . .

Go!!!

We have lift off . . .

If you compare the next two photos, you can see that the first one is a much younger Roseate than the second one.

The Reddish Egret below was also watching all the pink lifting off. He seems impressed, too.

My mommy said we have to social distance. It’s not much fun, though.

We stopped by the Bailey Tract. This lone Tri-Colored Heron was our only photo op.

They can certainly stretch that neck out when needed!

Back at home, the Red-bellied Woodpeckers are super busy feeding all the babies. The dad brought some sort of yellow berry treat. The male red-bellied woodpecker has more red on the head than the female.

Mama was bringing protein this morning with two different grub worms.

Mama was keeping a close eye and making sure I kept my distance.

And finally, I got to see one of the babies!! When I saw this pic, it reminded me of one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books, so I’ll caption this one . . . “Are You My Mother?”

This pretty Little Blue Heron was walking between our yard and the neighbor’s yard.

We took a quick walk on the beach last week. When I look at this photo, it makes me go “aaahhhhhh”. I can feel the stress being taken away with the waves whenever I walk along the beach.

Doesn’t this look like a grumpy, old pelican? Maybe I just caught him on an “off” day.

Okay, one more beach pic . . . aaaahhhhh!!!!

And, thank you for looking at my long blog today!