Mix of sun and clouds with periods of rain, 72 degrees
Prepping for a photography workshop tomorrow morning and trying to get all caught up with a couple of other projects. This left only a short period of time to get out and make an attempt to get the picture of the day. We stayed close to home with a ride down to the Canaveral National Seashore only 10 minutes away. We had not traveled all the way to the end of the paved road heading south, and figured this warranted a look.
When we arrived at the boat launch, we found the pilings from the old pier were all occupied with mostly Royal terns and a lone Cormorant. Sadly, there were more terns than pilings, and there was a bit on sparring as each bird without a perch took turns trying to depose a tern already in position. One tern made at least a dozen passes as we watched, only to be turned away at each attempt. When we left, the bird had never succeeded in gaining its objective.
One more subject made its appearance prior to the rain starting to fall. A pair of Savannah sparrows were found in the top of a mangrove on the lagoon’s edge. They seemed to be determined to remain at this location, and I wondered if they were considering this as a potential nesting site. We’ll have to check back to see if they are still here in a week or two.
Time to head back to the condo and to continue work on the workshop photos for tomorrow. Till then……
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| Savannah sparrow |
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