Monday, November 6th we returned to Lower Suwannee
and it was low tide and we saw little to no birds in the morning. We made a
second stop at the place where we saw the swimming raccoons and this time there
were two Pied-billed Grebes. They are solitary birds so it’s a treat to see 2
together.
people collecting oysters
low tide with hundreds of crabs
Greg
all crabs....
Belted Kingfisher with a fish
Swamp Sparrow
Le' Coon Cafe - cute dumpster graffiti
Pied-billed Grebe
Pied-billed Grebes
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
bloated dead alligator---belly-up
Went to lunch at Horseshoe Beach which is a cute beach town.
There were 2 choices for lunch and we choose the Shrimp Boat. One would think
there would be a lot of shrimp on the menu, but for lunch they had a fried
shrimp sandwich. It was tasty. Greg ordered the fried oyster basket and he said
it was good as well.
Fried Shrimp Sandwich
Fried Oyster basket
After lunch we drove around the adorable beach town and then
stopped for some shore birding. We saw 2 skimmers – what impressive bills! It was great to
see them up close since when we first saw them a couple of days ago. They were
very far out on an island and we didn’t get a great look at the one that was
there.
tree full of Egrets
Cormorants
Osprey
Sandwich Tern, Forster's Tern, Royal Terns
Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Wilson's Plover & Wimbrel
Black Skimmer & Forster's Tern having "bill envy"
the second one has his bill open
dolphins feeding
huge powerful splash by the dolphin
they just returned with their catch of the day
Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Collared Dove
Black Skimmers coming in for a landing
unique houses
On the drive home a Fox Squirrel ran in front of our car and
scampered off into the woods. Greg got a couple of decent shots of it before it
disappeared. Greg used to see them when he used to cycle and after several
tries to take me to see them I finally did get to see some. Not a common
squirrel and quite unique looking.
Fox Squirrel
We also walked the boardwalk to the Suwannee
River here in the RV Park before dinner.
Tomorrow we will take another day off.
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