January 28, 2022, 59°, calm at first, 6 to 10 knots at return, partial sun. Water temp 61°.
Another beautiful start. Clouds soon rolled in though.Snowy in the wind.Little Blue with a crab for breakfast.This is why they call him a Little BLUE!Yellow Crowned Night Heron hiding in the mangroves.Yellow Crowned Night HeronDetail of Yellow Crowned Night HeronBrown PelicanBrown Pelican – asleep!Brown Pelican, still has the hook and line attached.Brown Pelican Some day the kingfisher will let me come within 500 feet of him! Two of them flying around.Cormorant.Detail of Cormorant.Laughing Gull.Snowy coming in for a landing in the wind.
January 27, 2022, 60° – 6 to 9 knot winds, water 61°, partial sun. “My dog ate my homework”, nope…my computer hard drive has the photographs and will not give them back. I have gleaned a few.
OspreyTurkey VulturePelican preeningYellow Crowned Night HeronMale CormorantLaughing GullSnowy EgretGreat Blue Heron on the wing.Female Anhinga trying to dry her feathers standing on a dock line! It did not work, it was too unbalanced. She finally went to a dock.
Friday, January 21, 2022, 64° to start 74° on return – tee shirt weather! No breeze to start 3 knot on return. Partly sunny.
DawnPelicans flying in tandem.Pelican resting.Brown Pelican preening.Pelican going in for a fish breakfast.Splash.Two Pelican done fishing.Pelicans take full advantage of the “ground effect”, the air cannot push the ground out of the way and thus gives them additional lift.Ducks fly in formation.Yellow Crowned Night Heron at dawn.Yellow Crowned Night HeronGreat Blue Heron.Great Egret fishing.Snowy fishing.Wood Stork digging for a bite.Wood StorkMale Anhinga.Detail of Male Anhinga.Female Anhinga just out of the water.Female in the water fishing.Pair of Ibis.
Thursday, January 20, 2022, 58° to start, 71° on return, 0 breeze to start 3 to 5 knot on return, SUNNY again today!
Sunny day.White Pelican showing the dark feathers on the wings.The White Pelican was in a flock of Mergansers!The White Pelican just reaches down to feed! He grabs fish that way, he does not dive for them.The Brown Pelican preening.Brown PelicanBrown PelicanBrown PelicanYellow Crowned Night HeronLittle Green HeronCormorantMale Cormorant.Detail Cormorant.AnhingaAnhingaAnhinga in mangroves.Heap of Snowy egrets.SnowyJuvenile Little BlueIbisFlock of Merganser DucksMale and female Mottled Ducks.Juvenile MerganserGreat Blue HeronGreat BlueGreat BlueOspreyOsprey
Wednesday January 19, 2022, 58° to start 67° on return, 0 breeze to start 3 to 5 knot on return, SUNNY!
Great Egret coming in for a landing.Great Egret with a Great Blue heron behind.Detail of the great Egret.Great Egret landing.Turkey Vulture on the wing.Osprey in the mangroves.Osprey in flight.Great Blue Heron fishing.Great Blue Heron detail.Snowy on the rail.Two Snowy, one Cormorant, and two Ducks.Snowy Egrets and lots of Gulls.Male Anhinga on the lift.Female Anhinga curious as to what I was.Male AnhingaTwo Cormorants on pilings.Cormorant preening.CormorantCormorant resting.Brown PelicanBrown Pelican coming for a landing.White Pelican, very unusual here!White PelicanYellow Crowned Night Heron.Yellow Crowned Night Heron.Ring Billed Gull.First Winter Laughing Gull.A flock of Willets. A Wood Stork, very rare here!Flock of Wood Storks.Wood Storks.Juvenile Merganser.Flock of Merganser’s.Aquila 44, the One Eye Dog, owned by Larry and April.Captain Larry and the One Eye Dog – Abby. On their way to the Bahamas.Jeff and his sailboat.Jeff and his kayak.Jeff’s dog in the kayak.
Friday January 14, 2022, 67° to start 66° on return, 1 knot breeze. Beautiful day. No clouds, all sun.
Sunrise (actually the sun is not rising, the earth is spinning, so it should be “earth spin”, or “earth rotate” or SBE “sun being exposed” 🙂 :).)Ibis working the near shore.Yellow Crowned Night Heron still asleep.Yellow Crown with reflections of sun on the water on his chest.Osprey launching off of the branch.Osprey on the wing.Snowy all fluffed up with his breeding feathers.Snowy in breeding feathers.Great Blue Heron with stripes from the ripples reflecting sunlight.Great Blue HeronLittle Green Heron showing off those green feathers, hiding in the mangroves.Little Green Heron just landing on Jim’s boat.Detail of Little Green.Brown Pelican at dawn.Brown PelicanDetail of the Brown Pelican.CormorantDetail of the Cormorant.Cormorant – check out the eye and the surround of the eye.Anhinga, the reason they call it a “snake bird”. A flock of Mergansers has arrived, about 20 in all, but they were faster than i could paddle!MerganserRing Billed Gull – he was following the Mergansers until they lost him!Great Heron in his wedding clothes (breeding plumage).Head detail of Great Egret.Great Egret, left normal, right breeding colors (blue-green by his eye has expanded).Great Egret and Snowy (size differential!)Someone in an inflatable kayak.
Thursday, January 13, 2022, 61° to start 64° on return, no wind. I tested negative for Covid-19. This was a dolphin day! A school of dolphin came by and gave us a show!
Dawn.One of a half dozen dolphin came by, up the fairway, then back down, then up into the bay! One was 15 feet from my kayak, and just like the time we were whale watching off the coast of Maine, (a whale came up so close to the boat all I could see was the side of the whale), today I needed a lens smaller than the one I had on the camera…all I could see was a spot of gray when he was that close!Amazing such large dolphin!Dorsal fin.A Little Blue Heron. Female Kingfisher a LONG way off.Male Cormorant.Cormorant detail.Two Ibis on a light pole. SnowySnowy EgretLaughing Gull, non-breeding adult.Yellow Crowned Night Heron Yellow Crowned Night-Heron with neck extended. It is smaller than the one adjacent to it, it may be young, a male, or a female, I do not know which is smaller, the male or female.The photo above is a photo of the Night-Heron on the right. The one on the left is larger.The Merganser with his mouth full. Full of fish! Merganser.Willet.Pelican, he put down his head and came up with fish! That is the way the White Pelican fish, but the first time I have seen a Brown Pelican do it!Pelican fly just above the water to get the “ground effect” which makes flying easier for them. It adds to the lift and they can fly father without flapping their wings.Royal tern fishing.Osprey flying at dawn.Osprey up on the top of a six story building.Osprey with his breakfast of sushi. Yellowtail.Osprey in the mangroves.
Wednesday January 12, 2022, 57° to start 69° on return, wind 4 knots, water 1 inch waves. Don flew off to San Francisco yesterday. His wife is still in the Turks and Caicos due to Covid-19.
Dawn breaking.A rare Greater Scaup! First sighting ever.Female Greater ScaupOsprey…does that say “I am a predator” to you?And off the Osprey goes.Little Green hiding in the mangroves. I saw a Hawk hiding as well, but did not get a photo.Pelican bobbing along, he just caught a load of fish.Off the Pelican goes.The Pelican uses his feet to help him launch.And the Pelican is off to find more fish.Ibis on the rail.Ibis on the oysters.Ibis on the wing showing off the black tips to his wings.Yellow Crowned Night Heron with his feather all fluffed out due to the cold.Yellow Crowned with his neck stretched out!More detail of the Yellow Crowned Night HeronCormorant on a piling.Detail of the Cormorant.CormorantRoyal Tern fishing.Snowy on the mud flats.Snowy.Snowy awaiting his breakfast.GullAnother GullGreat Blue Heron taking off.Great Blue on the wing.Kingfisher dashing along.Kingfisher hovering like a Humming Bird does!Kingfisher a long way away stock still in mid air. The Osprey does similar, but the Kingfisher stays exactly in one spot.
Monday, January 10, 2022, 69° to start 75° on return, no wind. Donald my brother went with me today. He just got back from the Turks and Caicos scuba diving.
Don scuba dive adventure photos.Don wavingDawn this morning.Don inspecting the bait fish that got caught up in the mangroves and dried out.Don had Covid-19 and is isolating…except out kayaking!At dawnSnowy on our kayak trip.Osprey in the mangroves.Male Anhinga on a piling.Yellow Crowned Night Heron (we saw five today!)Yellow Crowned Night Heron.The lone Madagascar Duck by the oyster bed where he hangs out.A pair of Mottled Ducks.Female Mottled Duck.Juvenile male Mottled Duck.Female and male Mottled Ducks.Cormorant – female.Female Cormorant.Male CormorantGreat Egret.Great EgretLittle Green Heron in the mangroves.Little Green Heron on the kayak ramp.Pelican fishing.Pelican on the wing.
Sunday, January 9, 2022. 67° to start, 74° return. 4 knot wind to start 7 to 10 knot gusts on return, Yesterday I helped the theater group move the set to the Hicks Theater, then worked with Bob to program the lights for the upcoming production of Gilligan’s Island..
DawnCormorant preening.Detail CormorantCormorant looking at me!Little Green HeronOnly room for two Ibis!PelicanPelican yawning.Pelican with an itch.Pelican on a post.The Pelican had a hook in his chest.GallinuleGallinuleSnowySnowy checking out a noise.SnowyA pair of Mottled Ducks.Little BlueLittle BlueSanderling (juvenile)Blue Jay with a pine cone.KayFemale AnhingaMale AnhingaOsprey on the wing.Osprey.
Friday January 7, 2022. 69° to start 75° upon return. Wind zero at start 7 knots upon return. Yesterday I had a washer and drier delivery I had to wait for, so no kayaking or photos.
SunrisePelican resting in the mangroves.WilletClose up of WilletKingfisher about to fly.Osprey on top of mast.Little Green in the mangroves.SnowySnowyAdult IbisImmature Ibis.Immature IbisYellow Crowned Night HeronDetail of Yellow Crowned Night HeronYellow Crowned Night HeronYellow Crowned hiding in mangroves.
Wednesday January 5, 2022. 70° at start, 75° when I returned, wind zero at start, 4 knots upon return.Monday was very windy- winds reached 20 knots, I could not go out. Tuesday I manage the gym.
Osprey six floors up.Snowy staring intently at something.SnowySnowy when another gets too close.A behavior I had not observed before, the Ibis would dig into the mud with his long beak, the the Snowy would check out the site! Three pairs of Snowy/Ibis were doing the same thing!Juvenile Ibis.Little GreenJuvenile Little BlueEgretEgret with something for breakfast.Strange object in the beak of the Egret.Cormorant – blue eyes!Yellow Crowned Night HeronNight Heron yawning!Detail Yellow Crowned Night Heron.Female AnhingaMale AnhingaPaddle board -Scott stopped to pick up a boat cushion.A fisherman caught this fish (see float upper middle) then, when the line got caught, he left the fish to die! Sad.
Sunday, 1-2-2022, 72°, wind 4 to 6 knots out of the south, water has a slight ripple.
Little Blue Heron with breakfast.Kingfisher, look at those LONG wings, he can fly very fast, and does, when I get within 50 yards.Kay spotted the Osprey on top of a mast.Marian spotted the Cormorant on the swim platform.Cormorant fishing.It is unusual to see a gull floating around.Male Anhinga on his usual rooftop perch.Snowy in the mangroves.Snowy on the dock waiting for his human to bring food.Pelican
Happy New Year everyone! 1-1-2022, Saturday, 72°, wind 4 to 6 knots out of the south. Water calm.
The lone Merganser was out.And off the Merganser went, running on the water to take off.Yellow Crowned Night Heron over on the island.Osprey on his usual perch on the north end of the island.The motor for a boat lift is just the right size for two Gulls.Cormorant, love the blue eyes!Snowy awaiting his handouts.Anhinga – male.Anhinga female.Pelican showing off his big belly.Pelican fishing.Great Egret fishing.Great Blue Heron coming in fast!
