Sunday, February 07, 2010

Birding Paradise.

2-7-10 NAPLES, FLORIDA: We’ve been here for a few days staying at the gracious home of our gracious hosts, Ken and Carol. It’s been cool and windy, in the seventies, but warmer than NYC or VT.

We went to the Corkscrew Wildlife Preserve yesterday morning. Last year was dry and the birds were concentrated in the few deeper pools. This year has been wet and almost the whole preserve is wet and marshy. We saw water birds, raptors, small fry, a raccoon, vultures, hawks—it was great.

We saw wind boarders on the Gulf in three foot waves, too rough for easy boating out there, so we stayed in the lagoons.

Tomorrow we go back to NJ, if EWR is running.


White Ibis.

Great Egret.

Anhinga.

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