This morning we drove up to Longboat Key - tons of traffic waiting to turn onto the bridge to the key. I don't know how the locals deal with it. We passed the famous kiss sculpture from Times Square fame just before the bridge Apparently a WWII vet bought the sculpture and donated it to the city. We dropped Cathie off at St. Armand's Circle so she could get her nails done and the rest of us went to Quick Point Nature Preserve on the key to look for birds. There were some fishermen on the boardwalk and some great blues and snowy egrets just watching to see if they could get some leftovers. At one point, an Amish man was chasing off a snowy that was getting too close while a blue was sneaking up behind him trying to get into the container that held the fish - very funny. Along the path, we saw a shell tree - instant art, a baby osprey in a nest, and a new species of bird (check out the photo below). We are back at the condo and will travel into Tampa tonight to have dinner at Bern's. Russ and Cathie have never been so I am looking forward to sharing the experience with them.
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| The Kiss celebrating V-J day |
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| Great blue heron |
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| snowy egret (note the yellow slippers) |
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| brown pelican |
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| paddle boarding pooch |
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| shell tree |
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| anole |
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| new species: a "mail" flamingo |
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