TwoGether

Sunday 1/22/12.      Sunday is to be a day of rest.  Actually we haven’t rested much on Sundays lately, but today we did.  Just after sunrise I was looking through my binoculars and noticed a group of wading birds over near the mangroves to our south.  There is also a shoal there. At high tide some of the smaller boats can sneak across but that wasn’t the case this morning.  The water was so thin I could see daylight under the Killdeer as they pecked the bottom for breakfast.  Next to them were Gulls floating.  Closer to the mangroves I spotted Egrets, Ibis, and Herons.  It is said that FL hosts every type of shorebird found in North America.  There was certainly a good showing today.

Our Gull friend, that Linda named Little Buddy, was back again today.  He’s easy to identify by a gray area on the right side of his head and a tail feather that doesn’t lay flat.  This is the fourth day he has visited.  I haven’t seen any activity for the last two days at the Osprey nest. Maybe it wasn’t Maw and Paw I was watching but two grown chicks ready to explore the world.

Late in the afternoon there were three dolphins feeding around the boat.  I have gained a respect for wildlife photographers.  Trying to get pictures of something that only surfaces about every 30 seconds, not knowing where it will pop up next, can be a bit frustrating.  But I was able to get some video and they walked me the whole way around the boat. There was one that blew out the blow hole about six times in less than ten seconds…Do dolphins sneeze??  This looks like a matter for more research.