An Embarrassment of Riches -- Lots of Birds!!

I arrived in Florida yesterday, changed my clothes and we were off to a nearby mud flat that was just covered with shore birds!!  It should be noted that this is not in any kind of reserve but just is a small pond off a major highway where Gail and Bill spotted some white birds one day driving by!


This is one of the wood storks coming in for a landing.  There were a lot of Wood Storks standing in the shallows.

There was a large population of the white pelicans swimming and walking around -- I think more than we have even seen at Ding Darling!

In this bunch are a little bit of everything including lots of Wood Storks, Great Egret, Ibis and Roseate Spoonbills.

This is a Black Necked Stilt -- look at those pink legs!  There were a number of these in the area -- a bird I hadn't seen before.

Not a good picture, but this is a picture showing the mating plummage of the Glossy Ibis -- very, very colorful and see the white around the face.  They are very different than the plummage I have seen before!

Here you can see two Roseate Spoonbills and a Great Egret.

An Anhinga drying out after taking a swim!

Bougainvillea is blooming all over the condo complex in all different colors of fuchsia, red and pink.

This is one of the air plants actually blooming which I haven't seen before.