What a beautiful sunny day this turned out to be - it started in the 40's but warmed up nicely to the 60's. 25 of us showed up at Bunche - bright and early and eager to watch some birds....come along and see what we came across....
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| What a great way to start - a Bald Eagle flying into the sunrise! |
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| Behind him - the Sanibel Causeway. |
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| A Merlin made a beautiful appearance. |
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| A Lesser Yellowleg |
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| standing next to a Tricolored Heron. |
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| Some of our fine members enjoying the views. |
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| These two Bald Eagles seemed to be plotting their next move.... |
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| Such as getting the Black Skimmers up and flying. |
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| A Royal Tern behind the Forster Tern. |
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| Working hard and loving it! |
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| A Willet with a good size crab....determined not to share. |
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| Along the little lagoon - a Great Crested Flycatcher silently flew in.... |
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| The Little Blue Heron sat still and waved us on to our next venture. My E-Bird List for Bunche Beach. |
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| Our next stop: Lakes Park. Soon after arriving in the parking lot - several American Goldfinch were observed. |
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| A Great Blue Heron |
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| A Northern Parula |
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| And then we saw this pair which generated a lot of conversation/opinions. It was believed that the Great Blue Heron was raising this white morph... |
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| but as we continued to observe the pair - we noticed how they behaved... |
They would both look up and at times would clack their bill and hook bills together....a mating behavior.
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| Readers, feel free to share your knowledge. |
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| As I looked at them - a song popped into my head - "You are the sunshine of my life". |
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| In another tree - different rookery - another Great Blue Heron by his nest. We observed many others doing the same thing....soon chicks will be adorning those nests. |
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| A Forster Tern |
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| A large Gator eating lunch. |
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| A Young Wood Stork |
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| His peach fuzz is showing. And that, folks, pretty much concludes the sightings for today - we had lunch and did our bird list - my E-Bird List for Lakes Park. |
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| On my way home - I pulled off the causeway for one last look with the hopes of finding the Curlew - no luck there but I did spot the Flamingo standing right next to the channel - seemingly swimming as I couldn't see his legs. |
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| I spotted a Spotted Sandpiper too and |
a Willet - gathering up some warmth and much needed rest.....I think I'll do the same.
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