October 5
We visited St. Marks earlier this year. It is a beautiful spot. The Lighthouse road is 6.7 miles long with many places to stop along the way. Today we saw a ton of birds, but
no Red-cockaded. Many Great Blue Herons, Ibis, Grebes, Egrets (Great, Snowy
& Cattle), Red-winged Blackbirds and one Pileated Woodpecker. Lots of
Common Gallinules and quite a few ducks.
While Pied-billed Grebes are normally solitary birds, we
came across a cluster of them. I guess they are migrating through the area at this time of year. I always think they are really cute little birds.
We also saw 5 Bald Eagles and a couple of Ospreys. We saw
one raptor that looked like a Merlin.
back of the Visitor's center
Little Blue Heron
Carolina Chickadee
Pileated Woodpecker
Gray Catbird
nice spider....
Bald Eagle
Red-winged Blackbird
Pygmy Rattlesnake (dead on the road)
Anhinga
water bugs
small gator
Bald Eagle
Blue Heron
Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Great Egret
Striated Heron
Blue-winged Teal
Greater Yellowlegs
Belted Kingfisher
Common Gallinule
young Gallinule
young Gallinule
young Purple Gallinule
Eagle nest
White Ibis
Pied-billed Grebes
Willets
White Ibis (the dark ones are young)
We grabbed a nice lunch at The Seineyard at Wildwood.
popcorn shrimp & cheesy grits
oyster basket
While we were at the information center, a lady recruited us
to come on a guided bird tour tomorrow, so we will do that tomorrow morning.
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