Thursday, February 26
Campground pics
We saw lots of birds on the drive—Cormorants (maybe the picture will tell which), Anhinga, Spoonbill (1), White Ibis, all the usual herons and egrets including a lovely Tricolored Heron (and then a lot more), Northern Harrier, Osprey, Northern Shovelers, those ducks with the white curved stripe on the face and white spot at the end of the tail feathers (are they blue-winged teal?), terns, Pied-billed Grebe, Laughing Gull, Coots, maybe Gallinule, Painted Bunting, and more.
The Indian River where the manatees hang out.
Also an alligator and I’m almost sure of a manatee. At the Manatee Overlook area in Cape Canaveral National Seashore, I saw a brown head surface for just a minute. It couldn’t be an otter in the middle of the Indian River Channel in the middle of the day and there was no dorsal fin so it shouldn’t likely have been a dolphin. So, manatee. They’re supposedly common there, especially in the spring and summer.
No Florida Scrub Jay, sorry to admit.
Brown Pelican
Tricolored Heron
It was a beautiful day. Windy, though, and although nearly 80 degrees, it still seemed a little chilly in the wind. They had a wonderful boardwalk array at the Visitor Center. Which the worker there graciously allowed us to take the dogs on. Then a really long wildlife drive. And then we went to the Manatee Overlook and paid our respects quickly to Cape Canaveral National Seashore Beach. It was a lovely beach with one big sandbar making a wave. Further down from where we were, we could see a couple of guys surfing.
Cape Canaveral National Seashore beach
Lots of dogs at the campground today, but it seems a little quieter than yesterday. I’ve seen two different people jogging for exercise, and like me, they seem to have to content themselves with jogging round and round the campground. If I had to guess, 1/8 mile? Maybe 1/4. It took me about fifteen minutes but then I’m slow and I have a dog.
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