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| It's Caloosa Bird Club day, Elaine and I set out for Fort Myers Beach. |
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| First a quick stop at Bowditch Point before meeting up with the gang. |
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| We caught this Loggerhead Shrike singing - it seemed to agree that it was going to be a great day! |
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| We spotted A Common Ground Dove before leaving, it seemed to feel comfortable with very little distance between us. My E-Bird List for Bowditch Point. |
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| We met up with the group - I counted 24 happily birding folks. |
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| A Semi-palmated Plover eyed us down or should I say "up" - either way he kept his distance. |
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| Others were just chillin - a Willet with a Snowy Egret. |
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| A beautiful adult Brown Pelican |
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| A pair of Florida chickens - they are lovingly named this way because there are so many of them - seriously though, these are White Ibis. |
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| A beautiful beach with lots of room to spread out. |
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| A bunch of resting Willets. |
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| A very busy Belted Kingfisher - dashing here, dashing there while belting out his clattering rattle. |
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| A Wilson Plover - check that bill out..... |
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| in comparison to the Piping Plover. |
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| A nice group of Ruddy Turnstone sporting their adult nonbreeding plumage. |
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| A Great Blue Heron - what a statement he makes. |
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| A Wood Stork waved us on as we headed to our lunch location. My E-Bird List for this beach. |
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| After we finished our lunches while enjoying the shade by the Mound House, our leader - Vince McGraph - started the bird list and had us all standing up when he pointed out the Great Horned Owl that was snoozing above our heads while we ate. |
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| We all Hooted for joy at the beautiful sight. |
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| This bird won the award for "Bird of the day". My E-Bird List for the Mound House. |
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| Oh - BTW - a few of us ended up extending the trip to Bonita with the hopes of finding a Franklin Gull that had been reported earlier this morning. Ummm....looks like quite a few birds to go through while looking for our goto bird. |
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| In the meantime - we were glad to see a 5 month old Herring Gull. |
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| The Marbled Godwits always brings a smile. |
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| A nice group of Dunlins with a Willet. |
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| A Black Skimmer coming in for a landing... |
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| easy does it.... |
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| save for the photo bomb. |
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| Well, we gave it a good try but no Franklin were to be found this trip - better luck next time. My E-Bird List for Bonita Beach. |
Love the way you were able to capture the black skimmer in action. Beautiful owl.
ReplyDeleteThanks Larissa, I really like those myself - never get tired of seeing them.
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