Birding at Perdido

Today was another Piping plover survey day, with the north shore of Perdido Key our destination. Perdido has not attracted many PIPLs in recent years, but it's still fun to see what's out there!



There were night herons,



tri-colored herons



and osprey, among other gulls, terns, peeps and pelicans.



There were lots of jellies too, including this one with it's little heart on the medusa!

Happy 4th of July!

It was a beautiful day at Gulf Islands National Seashore, and the perfect place to play in the sun and sand on the nation's birthday.



The sea oats (Uniola paniculata) danced on the south westerly breeze.




White clouds were a perfect backdrop to the sunny day.



I looked at this cloud for a long time, trying to decide what it resembled. What do you think?



The osprey (Pandion haliaetus) didn't seem to care -- they just wanted some fresh fish!