Ourak

While visiting relatives in Kentucky I saw my first Northern Bluebird. the family cat spotted it first.

The Lamp Goes Out

The sun sets on yet another wonderful and relaxing winter spent in Florida. Our time this year was full of adventures and new experiences. We enjoyed ourselves so much we decided to do a threepete  for 2014 and like Arnold said," I'll be Back!"

59 and Holding

Today I turned 59 and to help celebrate, I ordered a triple layer vanilla coconut cake with two forks. It is a specialty of the Bubble Room on Captiva Island. They call it their Christmas Cake and it was heavenly!

Ding Darling Darling

Stormy Seas

Another day at the beach only the weather was not so cooperative. Not to many people out except us. Oh how I love to hear and watch the waves as they crash upon the shore.

Solo Swim

This tiny Moorhen duckling ventured a few metres away from its parents and nest mates for the first time. The colour of the water in the canal helped camouflage its' inaugural solo swim.

Pier at Bokelia

If you think this looks pretty, you should have seen the sunset an hour after this shot was taken.

Proud Parent

Today the Bokelia osprey chicks were fledged. One of the adults coaxed them out of the nest and encouraged them to fly as the other perched upon the tallest limb watched with pride their clumsy aerobatic movements.

Daddy Brought Home Dinner

One of the adult bald eagles went fishing in the canal and brought a huge fish back up into the nest for the two juvenile eagles. It then perched itself above the nest and preened and fluffed out it's wet feathers. It took about 1/2 hr to fully dry off.

Colbert Report

I set out to find the legendary nesting pair of Bald Eagles at the BMX Park in Cape Coral and found them. One of the adults flew right past me and perched in the pine tree right beside the road. It is looking across an open field to another pine tree where it had two juveniles in the nest.