Monday February 28, 2022. Sunny, 70° to start, 74° on return, light 1-3 knot breeze out of the west. Tee shirt weather!
Dawn, no water in the bay!Dolphin finding breakfast.Egret checking out the shallows.Ringed Beak GullPair of Great Blue Herons on the island.Great BlueGreat Blue coming in for a landing.Great Blue fishing.Great BlueKingfisher getting ready to fly.Kingfisher on the wing.Kingfisher flitting away.A pair of Ibis.Osprey on the mast.OspreyYellow Crowned Night Heron.Cormorant drying out.Detail of Cormorant.Cormorant looking straight at me showing his eyebrows sticking out!
Sunday, February 27, 2022, Sunny, 70°, breeze 4-5 knots.
Dawn.Kay went with me this morning.Ibis by the seawall.IbisEgret concentrating on its hunting.Great Blue HeronGreat Blue on lookout.Great BlueMottled DuckLaughing Gulls.Gull taking off.Cormorant fishing.Osprey in the mangroves.Osprey on the top of a mast.Osprey checking out the water to the stern of the sailboat.Osprey, I like how his wing feathers cross behind him.
Saturday, February 26, 2022, Sunny, 70°, 73° in return, wind still at start, 5-6 knots on return.
DawnA juvenile Ibis flew right in beside me as I was entering the water this morning!Juvenile Ibis, he will be all white with an even redder bill as he grows up..Little Blue by the oyster bar.Tagged Oyster Catcher.Tag reads W-72, same Oyster Catcher I saw Feb 11. You can see where W72 has been hereI think these Oyster Catchers are a mated pair, they always are together.Cormorant fishing.Detail of the male Cormorant, check out the blue eyes..Male Cormorant.Little Green Heron.Little Green with a crab for breakfast.Detail of the Little Green.Little Green standing one footed on a dock line!Snowy Egret.Brown Pelican fishing.Osprey in the mangroves.Osprey preparing to fly.And the Osprey is off!The female dolphin still has a lot of stuff on her dorsal fin.She was here with her baby.
Thursday, February 24, 2022, sunny, 68°, 74° on return, wind still at first, 3 knots on return, water 70°.
DawnStephanie and Jason went with me.Cormorant drying himself.Laughing Gull.Male Anhinga drying out.Male AnhingaMale AnhingaFemale Anhinga (she has blue eye shadow on).Female Anhinga in the mangroves.GallinuleCommon GallinuleCommon Gallinule.Mottled Duck.Snowy EgretDetail of Snowy Egret.SnowyLittle Blue HeronLittle Blue HeronGreat Blue HeronGreat Blue HeronGreat Blue HeronIbis on the wing.IbisIbisOsprey
Monday, February 21, 2022, sunny, 68°, 74° on return, wind still at first, 4 knots on return, water 69°.
Sunrise.Great EgretDetail of Great Egret.Snowy Egret.Two Snowy Egrets.Snowy Egret, identified by the yellow feet.Mottled Ducks.Brown PelicanBrown PelicanLaughing GullOspreyOsprey with moon in the background.Little Green fishing along the shore.Yellow Crowned Night Heron.Female CormorantThe way to get a better lighting on your subject is to put a white board behind the subject to get lighting on the back. The white stern on the boat did that for me! Female Cormorant.Great Blue Heron coming into the island across from Allan, it looks like the Herons are coming to nest again.Great Blue on lookout.Adult Oyster catchers brought over their young one to forage for itself!Juvenile Oyster Catcher.Adult Oyster Catcher.Second adult Oyster Catcher.Juvenile Oyster Catcher.Crows on the oyster bar.
Sunday, February 20, 2022, sunny, 67°, wind 8 to 10 with gusts to 15 out of the NE. Water 68°.
Sunrise with birds in the foreground.The tide was out and the birds were enjoying the low water, Snowy in middle, Ibis all around.Lots of Ibis, three Snowy and one Roseate Spoonbill!Ibis, Snowy and Roseate Spoonbill.Ibis coming in to join the crowd.Ringed beak GullFemale Cormorant.Cormorant on the wing.Brown PelicanBrown Pelican checking us out.Yellow Crowned Night HeronYellow Crowned Night Heron.Osprey just landing.OspreyKay went with me today.
Thursday, February 17. sunny 67°!! Wind 5 to 10 out of the east. One 20 knot gust recorded.
WindyDolphin that surfaced so near my kayak I could have hit him with my paddle!A large dolphin, but not the mother and baby.Cormorant bring a stick for the nest.Brown PelicanIbis and his two Snowy guardians across the bay.Yellow Crowned Night Heron, still mostly asleep.Yellow Crowned Night Heron
Monday, February 14, 2022 – Valentines Day – Sunny 49° to start 51° at end, 10 to 12 knot wind with gusts 15 to 20 knots! Blustery out there!!
CormorantWindy day!!Turkey VulturePelican and Little Blue across the bay.Lots of gulls.Laughing Gulls.Ring Beak Gull.Brown Pelican.Coming in for a landing.On the wing.Going after breakfast.Line up of Ibis.Juvenile Ibis.Ibis with Laughing Gull flying by.
Saturday February 12, 2022 – Sunny, 59° to start, 67° at end, no wind, flat waters.
Yellow Crowned Night Heron in the mangroves.Detail of Yellow Crowned Night Heron.My elusive Kingfisher.GullLittle Green all fluffed up due to cold.Little Green not happy with me getting too close.Little Green posing.Brown Pelican posing.Detail of Brown Pelican.SandpiperIbisDetail of the Ibis.Scott took this photo of me and passed it along, thanks Scott! The sun was really bright!Catfish making a wake?Crazy catfish.
Friday February 11, 2022 – Partially sun changing to all sun. 55° air temp, 64° water temp. Breeze from north 1-4 knots, water calm.
Sun starting to get over clouds.Ibis flying by.Ibis hunting.Ibis hunting for food.Little Green in the shade under Allen’s dock.Great Blue wading.Detail of Great Blue.Great Blue on the wing.Yellow Crowned Night Heron in the mangroves.Yellow Crowned Night Heron wading.Every 2 to 4 months the Oyster Catcher comes around. There were three this morning, but a small flock of them came flying by and the three left with them. This one was banded at birth. In 2013, a new type of band began to be used. It incorporates three characters arranged in a triangular configuration. The code orientation for this type of band orientation should be reported as “triangle.”American Oyster CatcherEach Oyster Catcher had a different color beak! I think the younger ones had the more yellow and it will turn red over age.Dad and mom sitting on the swim platform, Cormorants.Dad Cormorant has the little feathers poking out.Mom Cormorant has lighter feathers.Little Blue on the oysters.Each of the Little Blue’s has that white spot.Detail of the Little Blue.Osprey at dawn.Osprey on the wing.OspreyBrown PelicanPelicans on the wing.Brown Pelican with the fishing line still attached.Brown Pelican has the brakes on.And splash the Brown Pelican dives in.Brown PelicanPelican coming in for a landing.Brown Pelican, they may look large and heavy, but they only weigh a pound, they are all feathers!A Royal Tern taking breakfast to the kids.Turkey Vulture overhead.
Thursday, February 10, 2022 – we have had some cloudy rainy weather – today all sunshine, 49°, breeze from north at 1 to 5 knots, water calm.
Sun across the water.Mother dolphin (I am going to call her Sally) has fish netting and other stuff on her dorsal fin, baby on the right beside her.Sally’s dorsal fin looks bad but it does not seem to bother her. The State would catch her and see what they could do with the cut but they do not want to do anything if she is fishing and getting along well, which she seems to be,Sally moving fast.Great Egret with long feathers.Great Egret with two Ibis.Spotted Sandpiper.Great Blue and Great Egret across the bay.IbisDetail of IbisTwo Ibis on the wing.Mottled Duck.Cormorant, I like his little head wingfeathers. Note the bow wave, he paddles very fast!CormorantBrown Pelican at dawn.Brown Pelican resting.Detail of Brown Pelican.Brown Pelican sleeping but keeping an eye out.Yellow Crowned Night Heron in the mangroves.Yellow Crowned Night Heron trying to sleep.Osprey at dawn holding in one place to watch for breakfast.Turkey Vulture cruising around, never flapping his wings.Little Blue walking near shore.Little Blue checking out the mangroves for critters for breakfast.Found breakfast! This Little Blue just stabbed down and caught him.Crab tried to get away from this Little Blue, but he was swallowed whole. It must tickle in the tummy!I could tell which direction the wind was coming from by this balloon tied to my capstan (my co-pilot the rubber ducky) on my kayak.
Saturday, February 5, 2022 – 62° windy, 7-10 knots with 15 knot gusts, rainy – got quite wet, water rough. I hid under a boat on a lift to keep out of the rain until it stopped.
A Bald eagle flew by while it was raining.Cormorant flying by in the rain.Pelican after the rain, no sun.CormorantThe Snowy’s (right) watch Ibis hoping the Ibis will stir something up.Snowy’s by a juvenile Ibis.OspreyOsprey leaving to find breakfast.
Friday February 4, 2022 – 68° 2-3 knot wind out of the south, water pretty smooth.
Two PelicansLook, I am a big guy, as he sits down beside another Pelican.Back of a Pelican’s head, note the one black feather!Detail of the Pelican.Yellow Crowned at dawn.Laughing Gull.Osprey flying by at dawn.Caught a black tipped shark.Just before he threw it back.Tiny guy, I was too close.One of three storks flying overhead.Cormorant having a bath.Cormorant all done with bath.Detail of a CormorantMale Anhinga
February 3, 2022 Again nice out this morning, 64° to 68° on the return. Summer is back! Windy (I really got my exercise) 10 – 12 knots with 20 knot gusts! Bay had 4 inch waves, water 18° C!
One Gull got some food, the rest are vying for it!Great Blue HeronDetail of the Great Blue.Detail of another Great Blue.Great Blue Heron in the swamp.Yellow Crowned Night Heron in the mangroves.Yellow Crowned.Detail of Yellow Crowned Night Heron.Brown Pelican flying by.Roseate Spoonbill! This is the first one I have ever seen this close! I have not seen one here in many years!Close up of the Roseate Spoonbill.He really has a spoonbill!The Roseate Spoonbill had an entourage of four Great Blue Herons! I think that the Roseate created quite a stir in this small world! A friend took a photo of me photographing the Roseate Spoonbill!SnowySnowyTwo adult Ibis and a juvenile Ibis on the right.Juvenile Ibis – has not got his white feathers yet!Adult Ibis.Turkey Vulture coasting the updraft from the buildings.Osprey at dawn.Willet on the oyster bar.Mother (right – with stuff caught on her dorsal fin) and baby came back again this morning.
Nice out this morning, 62°, but windy, 8-10 knots with 15 knot gusts. Water temp 16°C (71° F).
SunriseAmerican Bald Eagle – a two year old I presume. I think he is the same one I saw last year.Bald Eagle – look at those powerful wings!Pelican in flight.Pelican checking me out.Detail of Pelican.Turkey Vulture flying above my place.Three Ibis flying, a Laughing Gull, a Great Blue, a Snowy, another two Gulls all coming to take advantage of the low tide..A great Blue on the wing.The shy Kingfisher.Male Anhinga.Detail of the Anhinga.Laughing Gull.IbisOsprey at dawn.Yellow Crowned Night HeronFemale dolphin with fishing net, and other stuff on her dorsal fin.Stuff on her dorsal fin she cannot seem to shake.Dolphin sightings.
