The little blue heron is a small heron. It is about two feet tall with a wingspan of about 40 inches. It has slate-blue feathers with a maroon neck and head. Its bill is gray with a black tip, and it has gray to blue legs and feet. Males and females look alike.
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge or more casually the Skyway, is a bridge spanning Tampa Bay, Florida, with a cable-stayed main span, and a total length of 21,877 feet. The Travel Channel rated the Sunshine Skyway number 3 in its special on the “Top 10 Bridges” in the World. The bridge is considered the “flag bridge” of Florida.
The southbound span (opened in 1971) of the original bridge was destroyed at 7:33 a.m. on May 9, 1980, when the freighter MV Summit Venture collided with a pier (support column) during a blinding thunderstorm, sending over 1,200 feet (370 m) of the bridge plummeting into Tampa Bay. The collision caused six cars, a truck, and a Greyhound bus to fall 150 feet (46 m) into the water, killing 35 people.
This view is from the east beach of the Fort De Soto Park on a sunny afternoon.
So gracious in their flight and landing.
Looks to me that he wanted to say something to me…
Also known as the Grey Plover, this bird is a medium size plover which forages for food on beaches and tidal flats.
It is a relatively large and robust sandpiper. The willet is an inelegant and heavily built shorebird with a structure similar to that of the common redshank but being larger in size than the greater yellowlegs while resembling a godwit in flight
Probing into the mud.
Approaching with caution.
Cardinals don’t show up as often as Jays or other species, but it’s always a pleasant site when they do.
Shots taken at different angles
A final look at the camera before moving away in appreciation of the quenching water.
Alix Bléus 