Is this really my family??

The calm before:  "We're hungry mama"

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - The rookery at the Alligator Farm is in full madhouse mode.  Great egret couples are building nests while competing with lots of other egrets for prime space...wood storks are hard at work...and any bird which doesn't want to build will try to take over already built nests.  There are nests with eggs and nests with newly hatched little fuzzy inhabitants. 
  And in the case of the roseate spoonbill (above) a trio of hungry youngsters to take care of.  It's interesting to watch the activity until (as always) one hour after we've arrived.  Then, the AF is invaded by large groups of loud youngsters on a school tour.
     NOTE:  Check out the two previous blog posts

Round One!

Take no prisoners

And you thought we were fighting

Brave or foolish??

This guy could be in the wrong neighborhood....ya think??

Dew on the orange lily

No travel needed.  Just walk into the back yard.  Early morning dew on an orange lily.

Anyone know a good pick-up line???

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - These male snowy egrets with breeding plumage look pretty sharp because they are all on the look out for mrs. right.  The ladies have the upper hand (wing) and not any male will do as these would-be casanovas can attest. 
     It's breeding time at the Alligator Farm for the snowy egrets and wood storks and ibis and roseate spoonbills.  Some are sitting on nests others are still building a home for the family while others are waiting for a chance to get a nest without building it.
     So why do we keeps going back to the AF every two weeks or so??  For about another two months we are guaranteed birds, birds and more birds.