Sunshine...

The morning sun backlit the flowers and vase that Diana put on the counter. Beautiful..

Moon over Sanibel

The full moon  occurred while we were in Sanibel and I was able to get a couple of photos of it that I liked..

A wisp of clouds - looked to me like the Guiness Harp - hung out with us for a while.

Refuge Wednesday

A chilly morning but sunny...quite a few birders along with a few hunters. Harriers flying, a couple of Kestrels, GBH's, and Pied Bill Grebes. Great to be back out there.

Cold...

Northern Harrier flyby

Kestrel posing for me..

Meadowlark - but no singing..

Killdeer in the cold..

Patterns

Pied Bill Grebes - chase the one who has caught the fish...

Refuge Mystery......

Morning sunrise time

A relaxing morning - watched the sunrise, an osprey hunting, and a little girl run into the water!

The little girl in pink is a Cancer and she runs into the water every time she comes on the beach!

Morning hunter - cruising the beachfront looking for food in the early morning.

Sunrise...

Sunset

We ate at our favorite restaurant last night, The Mad Hatter. Arrived just in time to see the last of the sunset, then off to the luscious food.
Here's a couple of the sunset.

Sanibel Day 5 refuge

A quieter bird day and busier human day at the refuge.  Here's what we saw..

Woodpeckers outside our condo..

Yellow-crowned Night Heron and Snowy Egret

Great Egret and buddies

Little Blue Heron..

Anhinga

Green Heron - another view..

Sanibel Day 4 refuge

An exciting morning at the refuge - but aren't all of them exciting? They are, but this morning I saw two Little Green Herons - the desire of my trip. Such gorgeous small birds, a multitude of colors.
Ibis posing, juvenile night herons, Roseate Spoonbills, Little Blue Herons, and on and on...
Here's what I liked from the morning..

This flower was from the evening before - could not pass up it's beauty..

Sunrise Day 4

Cancer child - she kept running towards the water....

Roseate Spoonbills with Snowy Egret..

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Juvenile Night Heron, Yellow-crowned I think..

What a poser! Never moved when three people walked up close to take photos..

Little Blue Heron with breakfast...

Little Green Herons

Great Blue Heron ......

The ubiquitous Anhinga

Day of the dolphins

We cruised the bay today with a young captain that has lived here all his life and spent most of it on the water. We began looking for manatees and while we saw some indication of them, we did not see any in person. But dolphins were a different story.
As we found a couple, more found us. Lots of activity and a great day.
Here's some of the action photos I managed..

Sanibel Day 3

More refuge today - I asked one guy if there was anything good down a trail and he replied "Mosquitos"! Not good. Nosciums were out as there was no breeze. You don't stay long when the bugs are biting!
But the birds were wonderful..

Adult Ibis

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Ibis

Tri-colored Heron

Great Egret..

Tri-colored Heron hunting

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Little Blue Heron

Anhinga

Great White Pelican landing..

White Pelicans hanging out..

Ibis fishing..

Anhingas drying..