Glad To See This Guy Show Up

Well the bald eagle dropped in for a visit at the salt marsh this afternoon.

He did a quick circle around, stopped off for a sit in a pine tree, then took off again in search of dinner.

He seemed to be paying a bit more attention to a snowy egret then poor snowball cared for, but thankfully the eagle lost interest and moved on to the far edge of the marsh.

I’ll have more from this visit for tomorrow’s post. 🙂

Bald Eagle Visits the Salt Marsh

Bald Eagle Visits the Salt Marsh

Bald Eagle Visits the Salt Marsh

One Happy…The Other Not So Much

This afternoon a snowy egret was having considerable success fishing in the salt marsh during low tide.

I could tell that our pal Snowball was thrilled with his part of the activity, but the fish, um, not so much.

Snowballs Quick Snack

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the marsh and best wishes for a healthy and happy new year!

Merry Christmas Alligator

 

Christmas Hoodies!

Every year we get a visit from some hooded merganser ducks  at a local pond who generally show up a week or two before Christmas. We didn’t have a chance to look for them until this afternoon and sure enough, there they were, Mr. and Mrs. Hoodie!

It was nice to see this cute couple still keeping the Christmas tradition alive. 🙂

Christmas Hoodies

Christmas Hoodies

Woody Drops In

A young wood stork dropped in on some of his friends in the salt marsh on a recent afternoon.

Some friends; they didn’t seem to be at all impressed with Woody’s arrival. In fact they actually appeared more bored than usual…(if that’s possible)

Woody Drops in on Friends

Woody Drops in on Friends

Woody Drops in on Friends

Woody Drops in on Friends

Grey Day, But Not For Everyone

Looking up all I could see was a dull grey sky and assumed that was how it would be for everyone.

But when I saw this osprey gliding above me, I realized that from his view, the world must be full of all sorts of colorful and interesting sights.

Grey Day For An Osprey

Shake It Off

On a recent afternoon I was interested in watching this egret’s drying off technique. He seemed compelled to get himself all in a twist to make sure every last drop of water went flying off.

Looked to me like it worked fine but what do I know? 🙂

Shaking It Off

Shaking It Off

Shaking It Off

Practicing…

Earlier this week, trying out your best standing on one leg routine seemed to be all the rage over at the salt marsh.

I’m giving the win on this one to the egret.

The ibis gets points for effort, but didn’t have the technique down perfectly.

The great blue heron looks like he ‘thinks’ he should win, if only factoring in his coolness factor.

But the egret had the most style I thought and deserves the first place prize.

Practicing

Practicising

Practicing