

And here is Jan after the 12 foot freak wave hit her… or was it a 15 foot hammerhead shark? Anyway, Jan is explaining what happened to the young girls who came out to see if she was okay. (The kids belong to the guy throwing the cast net and his wife.)

These Marbled Godwits (Limosa fedoa) are very shy; I tried getting closer to them, but they kept moving away. (It might have been because I hadn’t showered yet…)
There was a little girl running up and down the beach who scared the birds on several occasions, sparking more than one aerial display of formation flying.
This was much appreciated, especially since the current administration has cancelled the Navy’s Blue Angels performances due to the sequestration nonsense. But I did miss the jet noise and smoke trails, just a bit…

Here are our two American Eagles, side by side at the MacDill AFB Family Campground. Maybe we will try some tight formation flying on I-75 when we make our Mach 1.5 trip back to The Villages on Sunday… and maybe NOT!
Dinner out was at a pizza place, a chain that we had been very impressed by when we ate at their Fort Lauderdale restaurant. Unfortunately, the Tampa extension is still working out some kinks in their menu… such as, My Lovely Healthy Bride opted to share a pizza, with broccoli rabe and tofu toppings. (Okay, I’m kidding about the tofu, but really, “rabe”? NOBODY eats rabe on pizza!) The only thing that saved dinner were the chicken wings with carmelized onions and foccacia, which were spectacular. Oh, and we stopped later for a cookies and cream milkshake at Chick-fil-A; that sure salvaged my evening!
3 Comments
Jennifer
Ty, those are captivating photos of the birds. I especially like the Black Skimmer with the champagne colored waves washing in toward them. Their mandibles are so colorful….
Nice photo of you and Suzanne with the fresh pizza as your centerpiece…
Ty and Suzanne Giesemann
Jen, The shore birds were amazing; I could have spent hours just watching them. As for the pizza, I should have stuck with my favorite, pepperoni… rabe was just too weird. Ty
Jennifer
That's funny. I'm not sure about rabe either. It's very vegetarian..
Florida really attracts beautiful birds. So therapeutic Isn't it? When I lived in Florida I just loved to walk the beach and listen to the sound of pelicans and other birds….