It had been some time since I had the opportunity to be on the beach and check some of my local shorebirds, today the weather was just perfect so I headed down the street.....come along with me....
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| How very odd and quite a nice surprise to find a male American Kestrel go fly by me and land along the edge of the beach in the vegetation.... |
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| At some point he flew and landed a bit further west - here you can see the beach scene and some folks collecting shells and doing the "sanibel stoop". |
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| My little friend found a nice post and took some time to reflect and so I let him be. |
I then decided to drive to Bowman's Beach before the crowd becomes unbearable....so off we go...
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| Well, what a nice surprise - several Red Knots were at the beach today |
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| As you can see some of them are starting to get their bright plumage and before we know it they will make their long journey north.... |
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| this fellow has a tag which I reported to the FB page of banded birds. |
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| It was quite nice of him to show me his tag so nicely, don't you think? |
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| Of special notation - these Terns are getting their breeding plumage - check those black caps on the Sandwich Tern and Royal Tern. |
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| Not too far off the beaten path - there's several Osprey Nests - it was fun to catch this one in action....some fish for the lady. |
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| And this concludes my beautiful trek along the sandy path - my soul feels rejuvenated and ready for what the week may bring. |
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