Wednesday, October 6, 2021 This morning was clean up along 49th Street in Gulfport, then this afternoon kayaking at Clam Bayou.
My bananas are getting large, but not ripe yet.Marian doing the stand up for the first time! She did very well!!Congratulations on a paddle well done Marian!!And she did not fall off!
Monday, October 4, 2021 water smooth, sunny.
Mottled Ducks.Osprey north end of island.Little Green fishing.Little Green with sunrise catching him.Little Green and Snowy seem to share the same dock line every day.Snowy on the platform.Snowy landing on the dock line.Snowy using his wing to stabilize himself.Now the Snowy is ready to pounce.Intent Snowy.Another snowy on the boat house.Anhinga looking like Halloween is near.Female Anhinga.Laughing Gull.Great Blue.Detail of Great Blue Heron.Pelicans.Tern photobombed my photo of the pelicans.
Sunday, October 3, 2021 76°, water smooth, sunny.
Scott took this photo of the three of us, Marian, Kay and myself checking out the Great Blue Heron on the dock next to Scott.Scott’s wife Lori sending us off to go up Bear Creek.Pelican flying by.Osprey on the top of a mast.Osprey on top of a light fixture stretching.The osprey looks different when I took the light fixture out!Osprey on his way.Those osprey wings are amazing!Snowy on the dock line.Snowy had caught a fish, then the lucky fish got away!!Great Blue Heron on the dock waiting for Scott to catch a fish and toss it to him.Little Green Heron on a kayak ramp.Egret fishing from the kayak ramp.Anhinga drying his wings on the kayak ramp.Heading up Bear Creek. Photo of Mariam taken by Kay. Heading up Bear Creek. Photo of Mariam and me taken by Kay. Heading up Bear Creek. Photo of me taken by Kay. Heading up Bear Creek. Photo of me taken by Kay.
Saturday, October 2, 2021 75°, water smooth, humidity 79% Sunny
Scott out fishing.is that a bird? A plane? No, a racoon up that tree.Adult Ibis.Juvenile Ibis.Female Osprey,Male Osprey.Tricolor.Tricolor fishing.Little Green Heron.Little Green Heron.Great blue heron watching Scott fish…hoping.Egret flying overhead.Tern after little bait fish.AnhingaSnowySnowy in the mangroves.Juvenile Little Blue in the mangroves.Juvenile Little Blue.
Friday, October 1, 2021 75°, water smooth, humidity 79% Sunny
Tricolor posing.Tricolor.Tricolor with a snack.Little Green Heron.Little Green.Black crowned Night Heron.Black Crowned Night Heron awaiting fish for breakfast.Snowy watching for fish.Snowy checking for fish.The Snowy strikes!He missed.Ibis on Allan’s dock.Great Blue flying by.Royal tern coming in for a fish.Strange action by little fish.Close up of fish swimming along out of the water, the Terns were eating them.One of four Osprey out this morning.Osprey.Two Pelican flying over.
Thursday September 30, 2021 80°, water smooth, humidity is down and so it is pleasant.
Scott sent this photo of me this morning, the water was mirror smooth there!The power boat in the above photo.A friend on the sailboat Prairie Wind.Prairie Wind leaving port.Pirate ship in port.Disturbed water where I followed a manatee for a ways, he sent up some bubbles that smelled awful!!Juvenile Spotted Sandpiper.Yellow Crowned Night Heron.Little GreenTricolor on a platform.Tricolor watching for a fish to come by.They are like a giraffe, such a LONG neck when extended!Tricolor dove in and caught a fish!After getting wet, tricolor preening.Snowy posing.White Ibis in a mangrove.Female osprey – she looks wet!Osprey up in the mangroves.
Wednesday 9-29-2021 75° Water smooth, no wind.
Lady Anhinga up in the mangroves.Osprey on his perch.Osprey on the island.Two Osprey on top of the mast!Snowy ready.Snowy reached further than I thought he would!Snowy caught a tiny fish.Pelican up close.Pelican on a piling.Pelican on the wing.Little Green caught a HUGE fish (for him).But he swallowed it whole!Wild Conures.
Monday 9-27-2021 76° Water smooth – no wind, then 82° 5 knot wind with ripples as I returned.
Sun just coming up to a clear sky.Water smooth.Ibis in the top of the mangroves.Pelican flying by.Egret on the floating platform.Little Green watching me.Ducks flying overhead, I did not get a photo of 20 Ibis in formation, it was too dark and I was not in the water yet, but their feathers made quite a rustling sound.Tricolor posing.Tricolor getting ready.Tricolor strikes.Tricolor has a snack.Night Heron watching the other birds fish again.Snowy poised to get a fish. He missed.I got a photo of the female Kingfisher! (such as it is)And a half second later she is off, little black feet showing! The long wings on the Kingfisher help it fly really fast.Royal Tern on the fly.Willet on the oyster bar.Osprey on his branch.Osprey interested in what I am doing.Great Blue.Great Blue leaving!Guys just arrived and guy in flowered shirt caught a huge fish on the first cast.Fish he caught.
Sunday 9-26-2021 80° Water smooth, no wind.
Kay on the left joined by Marian out for a Sunday paddle. Two mottled ducks eating.Osprey on his perch.Osprey on top of a sailboat mast.Tricolor on boat dock lines searching for food.Tricolor.Little Green watching for fish.The little Green has a long tongue – shown hanging out of the right side of his mouth.Little Green watching for breakfast.Willet found something for breakfast.Great Blue in the mangroves.Great Blue.A Great Blue watching a group of fishermen, hoping for a meal.A snook on the line.The small snook he just caught.A Snowy.A Snowy in flight.Laughing gull.The Egret caught a lizard.The Royal Tern in flight.Royal Tern.Juvenile Little Blue with only a few feathers left.Ibis up in the mangroves.Ibis on some oysters behind my place.
Saturday 9-25-2021 78° Water smooth, no wind.
Great Blue Heron.Black Crested Night Hern with one foot up. He is watching a Snowy who was fishing.Black Crowned Night Heron rearranging his feathers.Detail of Black Crowned Night Heron – red eyes!Black Crowned Night Heron watching a Snowy who was fishing.Snowy intent on a fish going by.Snowy striking.Snowy got himself a fish.Little Green checking for fish.Down he goes – Little Green.Holding on to that dock line!Got the fish.Little Green with a fish.Osprey surveying his domainIbis up in the mangroves.Ducks flying over.Mottled Duck.Juvenile Little Blue on the oyster bar.Baby Little Blue – does not have any blue feathers yet!Little Blue being photobombed by a Snowy.Egret fishing.Egret on the wing.Stern of a boat.Boat rack for 10 kayaks.
Thursday 9-23-2021 81° Water smooth, no breeze. Twelve species today.
Egret on the wing.IbisAn Egret was caught flying into my photo of an Ibis!Laughing Gull in flight.Willet looking for breakfast.A Great Blue displaying. I have not found out why they do, my guess is looking for a mate. Others say to cool off, but it was not hot.Little Green posingLittle Green watching.Little Green walks with legs bent out when on the dock line.And the famous stretch of the Little Green.And the Little Green got his fish.He shakes it to kill it, then, down the hatch.Yellow Crowned night heron.Osprey #1.And off the Osprey goes.Osprey #2.Osprey #3Osprey #4Osprey #5Snowy fishing.Snowy showing off his feathered mane.Snowy in position, intent, but no fish.Snowy on boat house.Male Anhinga on the oyster bed.An adult Little Blue by my house.The Kingfisher was teasing me. He saw me coming 100 yards out and flew 1/4 mile north. I pulled into my path and heard him right overhead! I backed back out and he flew 200 feet south. Then he flew away. He is elusive!!
Wednesday, 9-22-2021 – 78° Water smooth, 3-4 knot breeze, beautiful day! Thirteen species photographed this morning!
Sky almost totally clear.The Little Green on the same dock line as the Snowy was disturbed this morning, but there.A different Little Green, no one fishing this morning.Two Mottled Ducks.Two ducks on the wing.Great Blue Heron.Detail of the Great Blue Heron.Great Blue Heron checking out the bobber fishermen had just cast. He dropped it – no harm done. The Great Blue was looking for the fishermen to toss him breakfast.Laughing gull.A new one for me here in the salt water of the bay, a Gallinule! I imagine he came down from the creek which empties into this bay.Close up of the Gallinule.Snowy on the dock line.Detail of the Snowy.Another Snowy on a dock.Pelican in flight.Pelican taking off.Pelican on his way to another meal.Cormorant looking to me for a handout.He was begging, just like a puppy.Juvenile Yellow Crowned Night Heron on the oyster bar.Juvenile Night Heron, his yellow or black feathers on top of his head have not all come in yet.And a good morning to you Mr. Osprey.Looking good Mr. Osprey.Another Osprey, there were three out this morning.Osprey on top of a mast.This one had more white on top of its head.Osprey on the wing.A Royal Tern!Royal Tern in flight.Royal Tern fishing.Ibis up in the mangroves preening.Ibis along the shore in the oysters searching for food.Juvenile Little Blue with almost all his blue feathers!
Monday 9-20-2021 – 80° Water mirror smooth, no wind, started out sun behind clouds, clouds moved away, again.
The Willet caught himself a crab for breakfast. He knocked off the claws and ate them separately!Crabs all around, this Ibis caught one too!Juvenile Little Blue with most of his new blue feathers.Baby Little Blue with his white feathers!Laughing Gull.Osprey in the mangroves.Osprey on the wing!Osprey as he passed.The Black Crowned Night Heron as he disappeared into the mangroves.Little Green posing.Little Green ready to strike.And the Little Green strikes!And the Little Green comes up with breakfast.A Tricolor takes up the stance.And a strike by the Tricolor.And he strikes and gets a fish.Breakfast for the Tricolor.again today, the Snowy and the Little Green share the same dock line.And no, the Snowy is not burying his head.The Snowy missed a fish that time.duck n the wing, they are very fast flyers!Mullet under water!
Sunday 9-19-2021 – 79° Water mirror smooth, no wind, started out sun behind clouds, clouds moved away.
Thunderstorm out in the Gulf, not here! Water is like a mirror.The Laughing Gull was sitting on the Pelican’s head, I just missed that shot. I have other photos of that before, the gull is hoping for a crumb.WilletEgretGreen heron fishing.Snowy fishing.Osprey sleeping I think.Juvenile Little Blue.Female Anhinga.
9-18-2021 Water very flat, 80°, no breeze, mostly cloudy.
Osprey seem to spend a lot of time looking at their feet, as if expecting a fish to magically appear! 🙂Great Blue Heron.This Cormorant landed five feet in front of my kayak, I almost ram over him! I think he was hoping for a handout from a fisherman. No such luck here.Tricolor waiting for a fish to come by.Little Green catching a fish.Breakfast, they toss it back into their throat, I saw a juvenile trying it and missed, it takes practice.And another, the Little Green is good at this.The Snowy saw the Little Green having all the luck, so he came and chased the Little Green away.Snowy trying his luck.And again the Snowy struck, he struck out several times!Detail of the Snowy.Male Anhinga drying his wings.Quite the wing span for the Anhinga.Another Anhinga on the boathouse roof.Juvenile Little Blue getting his blue feathers.Juvenile Little Blue.Egret Egret on shore.Detail of the Egret, he has an orange beak where the Snowy has a black beak..Laughing Gull.Juvenile Night Heron.Detail of juvenile Night Heron, no telling if it will be Yellow Crowned or Black Crowned.Elvis and Vegas, I understand that they wait at the window to run out and greet me in the mornings.
9-17-2021 Water flat, 80° light breeze 2-4 Knots, thunderstorm hit as I exited the kayak.
Thunderstorm in the wings.Rainbow (thanks Allan) BEFORE the storm!The sun tried to come through.Laughing GullLittle Green fishing.Little Green with breakfast.Snowy fishing (he did not catch anything this time).Great Blue flying by.Great Blue in the mangroves.Little blue way up in the mangroves. Tricolor Heron with breakfast. Tricolor fishing.Tricolor with fish.Tricolor fishing again.Tricolor with another fish.Tricolor – down the hatch.Tricolor, caught fish trying to get away.Another down she goes.
