Happy Birthday to my mother.
Last Thursday, Feb 21, my mother was 90. I was in Atlanta to celebrate, and we all had a wonderful day.
Then to Florida, to try to warm my bones.
Before we left for Merritt Island, John and I went out to the lake at our Jacksonville condo. When these double-crested cormorants swam out from the bushes at the bank, we both did a double-take. they truly look like snakes or some kind of monsters, with just their long necks and heads out of the water.
This one speared a fish on the hook at the front of his bill.
Mrs. Mallard....
...and her man.
White Ibis on Merritt Island.
Tri-colored heron.
Osprey on a wire.
Eurasian collared dove.
Sunset pose.
Roseate spoonbill.
Noisy redwing.
Catbird with breakfast.
FL scrub jay
Common yellowthroat.
Manatee - he never stuck any more than his eyes out of the water!
Sorry, I'm bushed - no more notes tonight, but you can at least see some of the pix from today.
