It had been a while since I visited Ft.Myers Beach and the nesting birds at CWA - so, Elaine and I took a drive down and visited with our beach feathered friends.
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| It was a really nice surprise to find some Red Knots still in our area and some had their full breeding suits on. |
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| 2 of those Red Knots are younger birds - amazing to see the difference isn't it? |
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| The white morph of the Reddish Egret was present and treated us to a nice show. |
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| What a treat to find a couple of Eastern Kingbirds on the beach! |
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| We caught sight of this Little Blue Heron with it's catch. |
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| A Wilson Plover was chilling. |
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| More looks of the Red Knots - some with a Willet too. |
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| The dark morph of the Reddish Egret |
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| seen here with a bonus capture of a Ruddy Turnstone. |
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| This Reddish Egret seem to be sporting either fishing line or ?? - no bands were on his legs. |
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| Then it was time for CWA. I hadn't been here in several months and had heard about this - the resident have claimed this portion of the beach their own and in the process limiting the amount of birds lounging around this little pond.... |
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| except for this Roseate Spoonbill - he didn't seem to mind being surrounded by all the bright colored flags....he probably felt at home with his bright plumage. |
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| Nearby a pair of Least Tern chicks were spotted |
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| and being called by their mama |
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| time for some tender loving care. |
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| The male parent was resting in between catching fish for the family. |
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| A very precious Wilson Plover |
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| A Ghost Crab - one of my least favorite creature. |
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| A few Black Skimmers are nesting and if you look closely |
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| you'll see that quite a few Least Terns are also nesting in the background. |
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| I think we will have a lot of little ones in the very near future - it certainly will be worth another visit. |
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