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| A CaraCara lands in the tree behind our RV looking for s meal of fresh Grackle |
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| Of course the Grackles are hiding under our vehicles |
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| The Super Moon from thee RV pads |
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| The Snow Geese are slowly coming back by the thousands |
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| In flight |
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| The rice fields turn white as they land |
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| And of course as the geese arrive so do the Eagles and Hawks |
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| Now that the weather is much cooler here , days in the seventy's and nights in the fifty's the Gators have come out of hiding. |
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| Just striking a pose |
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| And now a profile shot |
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| Cormorants and an Egret enjoying the sun |
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| A caracara hunting |
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| Raccoons are starting to come back in numbers on the Refuge . It's been eight years since the hurricane wiped out all the little critters here. |
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| Just watching me take it's picture |
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| Our baby whistling ducks are all grown up. They all seemed to survive the summer season with little loss. |
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| Just drying it's feathers. These Cormorants have no oils to spread so after they spend time in the water they have to come out and dry themselves . Having held them , their feathers feel more like fur. |
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| Lauren hard at work on the Butterfly garden in the refuge .A cool day, so many layers. |
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| Lauren helping out at a gathering for a very sick friend who works at the refuge. |
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| As the butterflies move in, this Gulf Fritillary landed and was just beautiful. |
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| Loving the flowers |
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| Thousands of shore birds move into one of new ponds on the Refuge |
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| A little hard to see, there is a Burrowing Owl in the dark spot along the concrete on the left . |
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| These guys are every where here |
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| Lots of little shore birds |
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| One of the big gators coming out of his burrow all covered with grasses |
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| Just posing , looks like we are here until next May. Then we are off to a new Refuge for us in Georgia for the summer , Savannah NWR just a few miles north of Savannah . Then back to Pea Island in September. On the home front we are going to Houston on Monday to see another doctor to try and resolve Laurens medical issue . Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving . G |
