Wordless Wings on Wednesday

Howdee all,

Its that Wordless day again…You know me…I have to say something…I will just say this…Sweet!

Gator and Black point Road birding,Florida

Howdee all,

I found this forgotten post on this rainy, overcast North Carolina Day…I have a few Florida posts waiting to be finished..and I have been lazy about blogging…

I have been walking around Sickstas garden and getting my hands dirty. I have also been searching for the illusive Morel mushroom..hope I find some soon.

I set out my feeders and have a few new arrivals, American Goldfinch and Common Grackle..today a Ruby-throated Hummingbird :) The Bluebirds are checking out the nest box…and spring has sprung..Bird Migration is happening and we are ready and waiting.

Anyway..

I want to share some clouds and birds…

~Remembering~

Merritt Island NWR

This photo from Gator Drive, Merritt Island NWRWe always enjoy birding this area of Florida..Great EgretGreat Blue HeronBelted KingfisherPied-billed Grebe

Snowy Egret

Tri-colored HeronAnhingaGreen Heron

Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs

These are just a few of the many birds you will encounter in this area…

A wonderful place to bird!

Swallow-tailed Kite

Howdee all,

While staying at Wilderness RV resort in Silver Springs, Florida,we were lucky enough to experience a Swallow-tailed Kite flying over the park. Then we noticed two Kite..

And just yesterday we saw this..

Sorry for the Grainy photos…I just have a point and shoot~

Nest building material!

It was fun to watch…we stayed for a half hour then continued our walk to the nearby restaurant for Sunday morning breakfast.The nest is being built close to the river…in the tallest pine tree, in back of a row of Motorhomes…Everyone was enjoying watching them…After breakfast Jeff and I went back and there was no sign of them..

We were told that a Red-shouldered Hawk dive bombed one of the Kite.

The Hawk was then surprised as the other Kite…went after him. 

The nest building stopped..I went back later in the evening and they were not at the nest building site.

I did see one of the resident Pileated Woodpeckers.

The RV park is getting empty now…The snowbirds are starting their northward journeys back home for the summer..See our Homey at the far end of the RV park…Its time for our wheels to turn too!We are headed to North Carolina..for a months stay at Sickstas and Craigys.

This morning before we began our journey north, I went to see if the Kite had returned…

And they had…

With nest building material!Nice!

Lake Eaton Trail~Ocala National Forest

Howdee all,

Its getting hot here in Florida~ So it was nice to find a hike in the forest..

Jeff and I did this short hike to Lake Eaton.

A little shade… I love the Christmas Lichen 

Pretty in Pink

This Deer Moss looks like soap bubbles..

Pink lichen and Deer Moss

More Lichen…What kind?  

See the heart?This was a short 2.3 mile hike

To the Lake…We saw a few Egrets and a Bald Eagle flying over the lake..  an Alligator cooling off in the water..if you look very closely :)

Cypress kneesMaple leaves coming out for the summer..I chased around a few of these large green Dragonflies…

Great Pond hawks~Common Green Darner?

This one below was on another…at first I thought they were mating…

Then it flew off…and on closer inspection…I realized it was having lunch….tasty!

Jeff and I are here in Ocala National Forest for a few more days…we then head our tires North~destination North Carolina…