Face off

Mom to youngster: "No!  You cannot go hang out at the dump.

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - It's about time for the kids to leave home.  Mom may be looking forard to that...and the migration back north.

Egrets hanging out

Reddish Egret wading

Snowy Egret on the wing with green eye shadow  (the lores coloring denotes breeding time)

Sunbeam kitty

The Queen

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - Sometimes we nearly forget about the royalty in the household.  Not to worry. The Queen has perfected mournful wailing designed to give her parents a guilty conscience. But mainly to see if she can get an extra ration of kitty treats.

Pale rose-colored reflection

Damn, I look good

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - We headed south to Titusville early this morning to see if many of our feathered visitors had left.  It appears that vacation time is over for most of the birds who had headed South for the winter.  But not all.  This Roseate Spoonbill was eiher admiring his/her reflection or practicing some form of avian martial arts pose.
     Surprisingly,  it was a record day for seeing bald eagles.  We spotted FIVE in different locations so that could mean five different raptors or that a couple of them were wandering quite far.  As context, even in Alaska I do not remember seeing five eagles in one day.

ON GUARD

Always vigilant ... despite the Sequester