I finally found some time to get out and take photos! The weather has been cool and beautiful lately. Not a lot of birds during low tide today, but we found a few!
My daughter was visiting the island last week and we found a few birds along Pond Apple Trail.
It probably doesn't matter in which language you read this, you just need to be careful! We stayed on our bikes and moved along!!
This photo came out almost surreal. There was a big turtle just sitting on the bottom in the shallow part of the lake behind our home. The afternoon sun was hitting him and the water was reflecting the blue of the sky.
I believe these are Pied-Billed Grebes. Little cuties!!
I walked outside to the front deck and heard a thrashing in the cabbage palm near our house. There were a couple of these little guys eating all the berries hanging from the tree. I was just glad it wasn't the rats or snakes that also love to live in cabbage palms!!
I caught the osprey below in the middle of preening an errant feather. He gave me the evil eye and then continued preening.
This teeny frog hopped out of our hot grill just in time! I love that I can see my reflection in his eye.
We waded through the crowds of people at Ding yesterday to see some of the lowest tides we've seen there. There were plenty of chances to see many birds up close! (Apologies ahead of time for so many pics!)
This fisherman had just caught a sheepshead fish. Their teeth are eerily human looking.
Lots of Great Blue Heron action. Roseate spoonbills are my favorite, but the Great Blue runs a close second!!
Sometimes, you just have to shake it off!!
And then you just look so handsome!!
Then, you see lunch over there and hurry over! But, you can still look graceful while you do!
Look closely and you'll see his orange beak sticking through the fish.
We watched as he stabbed the fish, threw it down, stabbed it again many times and dipped it in the water to wash it off.
And then "down the hatch". How does that big fish with sharp fins fit down that skinny little neck?
Don't you hate when you are the only one having a bad hair day?
And it is a race to the finish!!!
And the winner is . . .
Shrimp snack!
Yum! Hit the spot!
Be vewwy quiet . . . I'm hunting for little fish!
Ah, got it!!
I see one, I see one!!!
Got it!!!
Ok, so this isn't wildlife, but it was on Wildlife Drive at Ding. And it is the wildest paint job I think I've ever seen!
We have a huge Orchid tree in our yard. The blooms are beautiful, but the tree makes a mess that my husband doesn't find amusing!
If you made it this far today, thank you for looking at my photos!
It appears that the osprey are making a nest in my neighbors backyard, again! I wonder how many babies they will have this time. I received the normal attitude when taking this photo!
