Magnus On the Beach Day 4

Thursday, July 17

Magnificent Frigatebird!!! 

 

In the morning we drove over to the East End Lagoon Nature Preserve. The road was a little rough and partly covered with sand, but of course we had the Jeep which made easy work of it. But the preserve had a little trail system, well maintained, that looped in and around some lagoons. It was mostly hard to see the birds—there were no viewing platforms and the trails never went to the edge of the water—but it was still very nice. It would be especially nice in spring.

In the afternoon we went swimming again. I saw a few dead jellyfish in the water, small ones, but only once did I see a fish jumping up out of the water. Obviously the gulls, terns and pelicans could see plenty!

 

 

 

Ed went with us on our evening walk, and while he got to see the white crabs, none of the birds came out for his viewing pleasure. And the sunset was kind of dull—it had gotten pretty cloudy. Still nice.