Raccoons, birds, and fish

I had a couple of photos from our trip through Ding last weekend, so I combined them with the ones from today. And, of course, I took a LOT of photos today. Isn’t that the way things happen?

The Great Blue Heron below was busy preening its beautiful mating plumage.

This roseate decided he was just as beautiful

I took the pic of this group of Roseate Spoonbills last weekend.

We saw this group of Roseates today

When you are so bad ass, you can walk on water!!

She said what about me? Don’t you believe a word she says!

This fisherman caught a small snook at a culvert along Wildlife Drive.

We came upon a couple of small raccoons having a feast on the berries that had fallen on the road. They were doing a good job of vacuuming them up with their mouth.

It’s always a treat to come upon a feeding frenzy where the birds drag their feet through the water as they snatch up little fish.

Synchronized fishing

Every now and then you get lucky and catch a big fish

I half expected the peanut gallery to hold up numbers and score the other birds on their catches.

A Tri-Colored Heron decided to fly through but didn’t stop.

And then back home to the owl box in our yard, where a little female Red-Breasted Woodpecker seems to be building a nest.