November 01st, 2024

Happy November 1st!  It's a whole new month!  And as we edge toward what little is left of 2024, how about another Photo Safari Report?

Still working with limited options of where to hike post hurricane, Joy and I drove to Lemon Bay Preserve. We were correct in assuming that there would be wet spots that would curtail our endeavors boooo!  It prevented us from finding the eagles which had once again been reported in the area. This super mucky and wet trail heads toward that section.  Dang.  We saw no eagles.

But Luckily there were enough other dry, or at least dry enough, trails to keep us happy and occupied

Not positive what the reason was, but mostly what we saw is birds. Birds birds and more birds! Wow!  Obviously, therefor this will be the Lotsa Birds Hike.  If you are not a fan of birds, this would be the part where you exit and do something else for a few minutes because most of today's photos will involve birds.  Not all, but mostly.

It wasn't just the sheer quantity of birds that we marveled at, and we did!  It was also the wide variety of types of birds.  Awesome.  There were times when we could just stand in one spot cameras up, shooting, and every shot was of a different kind of bird. It was weirdly wonderful.

​Here's some of the birds we saw:

And then of course there were also these guys :

Hard to believe but there were even more birds than this, I either just didn't manage to get a decent shot or I was too busy admiring and forgot to snap.  It happens.

​Saw the cutest bunny while we were out though:

Unusual for me, I didn't take a lot of botanical shots.  I guess I was so mesmerized by the birds that I forgot to keep an eye out for them.  Between looking up to find birds and looking down to make sure I don't trip over anything, my time is fairly divided as it is, y'see.  Heh.  But here are the few I actually did capture along with a butterfly and a squirrel coz I had no other category to put the squirrel in.

oh and one butterfly (or moth?) wing. Just the one.  So sad  but so beautiful

That about does it for this Photo Safari Report.  Hope you enjoyed the Lotsa Birds Hike because we surely did!  Hope to have some new and different photos for you soon :)  

​Meanwhile, have a Great weekend! Do something fun!