Re: Merritt Island Thanksgiving

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Posted by Larry Manfredi on 12:06:21 11/25/05

In Reply to: Merritt Island Thanksgiving posted by Trey Mitchell

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I am Thankful that I had the resources and the time available to go to
: Merritt Island for Thanksgiving.


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I am thankful that I was able to find a Sedge Wren in the location that Toe
: and Rock saw it last week.


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I am thankful that I ran into John Boyd and he helped me confirm the Sedge
: Wren by locating it with me later in the day.


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: Sedge


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I am thankful that I am now able to distinguish between Sedge and Grass,
: thanks to John.

: "Sedges have wedges"


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I am thankful that John know right where to go and see my Life Scrub Jays.


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I am thankful that this Forester's Tern hovered so close to me that I was
: able to get this photo of my Life Forester's Tern.


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I am thankful that I went down a dirt road not on the main trail and found my
: Life Chipping Sparrow.


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I am thankful that I went to the National Sea Shore with John and was able to
: see these Horned Grebes.


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I am thankful that these Horned Grebes cam so close to shore.


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I was thankful to be able to see these Hooded Mergansers.


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I am thankful that I didn't listen to the people coming off a trail saying
: the didn't see anything but a Mockingbird otherwise I would not have seen this
: Eastern Towhee.


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I am thankful that this Belted Kingfisher posed for me, I have been trying
: all year to get a reasonable photo of this bird.


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I am also thankful for the opportunity to enjoy taking all of these other
: photos as well.


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This is one of the two American Alligators that I found during my visit. It
: is only about 2.5 feet long.


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Cormorants at one of the pond.


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Blue-winged Teal


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Brown Pelican


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Common Yellow Throat


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Pintails and more pintails.


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Great Egret


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I would be grateful to know the kind of flowers I photographed.


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The Shuttle Launching Pad.


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Loggerhead Shrike


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The large bird is a Marbled Godwit.


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Osprey cleaning it's talons.


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Pintails


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Reddish Egret


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: Savannah Sparrow


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I am thankful that I was able to share my Thanksgiving with you.


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Thank you God for creating such a wonderful world!






Excellent photos again Trey!! They are too good because your life Forster's Tern is in fact a Caspian Tern!! A Forster's Tern would have a black ear patch at this time of year and they are quite small. Caspian Terns are huge by comparison.

Larry Manfredi

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