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I was out at Fort Desoto looking for the white pelicans early one morning. The sun was just coming up over the trees and I had walked about 15 minutes out on Outback Key. For once I was the first one out on the north spit.
I could see a blast off of shorebirds far out where the pelicans were hanging out.
Dunlins and dowitchers were napping all huddled together.
The skimmers were taking off from a far away spit and landing right in front of me.
It’s hard not to stop and take a few pictures of the juvenile reddish egret when he’s dancing right in front of me. He was showing off, trying to take everyone’s attention away from the white pelicans.
Later as I was heading back to the beach area I found this red breasted merganser swimming in a shallow area on the inside of Outback Key. These ducks dive for their food but this lady was skimming along the surface looking for stuff to eat.
A snowy egret walked up and wanted to have some of whatever the merganser was eating.
The merganser was trying to chase the egret away but the egret wasn’t leaving.
Finally the merganser snapped at the egret and the egret moved farther away.
Meanwhile in the same area this tricolored heron was popping back bait fish like they were popcorn shrimp.
This was one of those perfect mornings out. The sun was out, the weather was cool and the white pelicans made an appearance in full force. More to come on them.
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