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Powered paragliders and birds

There was a high tide when we were at Ding this morning, so there wasn’t much bird activity. However, a large gator had some thoughts about bird activity. The great blue heron was keeping an eye on it.

I saw the powered paragliders below from near the causeway yesterday morning. I grabbed a photo with my phone before they were out of sight. I can’t imagine strapping a huge fan to my back and taking off like that. The colors make a nice pic against the blue sky, though.

It was very overcast when I took these photos of the eagles in the nest. The sun came out for just a few seconds and I grabbed a couple of good pics. The rest are not great due to the lighting. The clouds constantly changed behind the nest. But, I was so happy to see both eagles in the nest and working on building it up. Fingers crossed for a successful nest this year.

And then there were two!

They had quite the discussion about the sticks that were brought to the nest.

And then back for a while