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| Nap Time for Gators |
Saturday took us back to La Chua Trail. How could we resist when someone had reported seeing a Whooping Crane there the day before? My husband and I took advantage of a rare free morning together and walked down to the observation platform, where we were able to see the Whooping Crane with the help of fellow birders with scopes. Finally--a new bird for my list!
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| Fuzzy Picture of the Whooping Crane. It's the large, whitish mass to the left of the yellow Lotus patch, near the middle |
It was a fun walk, mostly because there were so many familiar faces on the trail. I ran into several groups of birders, coming and going to see the Crane, and a fellow Museum docent and Master Naturalist who was leading a tour to down La Chua. It is so nice to have friends wherever I go! I will certainly miss that when we move and will have to work fast to build up a support group in Georgia. I wonder if there is a Georgia Master Naturalist program?
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| Pair of Black Bellied Whistling Ducks |
We saw many nice things along the trail--butterflies nectaring on Nuttall's Thistle, Wild Horses, lots of alligators, beautiful lotus flowers, and a cute, photogenic Least Bittern. What a great way to spend a couple of hours on a Saturday!
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| Cloudless Sulphur |
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| Gulf Fritillaries and Skippers |
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| Black Swallowtail |
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| Wild Spanish Horse in the Grasses |
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| Little Gator Crossing |
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| American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) |
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| Least Bittern--now you see it... |
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| …Now You Don't! Nothing here but a Lotus stem! |
Bird Count: 93(3), 28 Natural Places Visited
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| Red Winged Blackbird |
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