Happy Valentine's Day to all! We got going early this morning to make the 2+ hour drive to Corkscrew. Once off the highway, we saw some cattle egrets and a wood stork in a canal by the side of the road. Once we got to the sanctuary, instead of seeing birds, our first sighting was of a raccoon. It was quite chilly for Florida this morning so the bird sightings were few and far between at the beginning of the walk. The nice thing about this place is that all of the walking is done on a series of boardwalks. The entire main loop is 2 1/4 miles. At the end of the loop we got in the car to warm up and eat our lunch and then took the shorter inner loop (1 mile in length) again, hoping for more activity. Among the birds sighted were ibis, palm warbler, black and white warbler, both black and turkey vultures, a cardinal, an immature white ibis, a red shouldered hawk, anhinga, little blue heron, American egret, and three types of woodpeckers: downy, red-bellied, and pileated. We also saw lots of epiphytes - both air plants and bromeliads, some very old cypress trees and their knees, a brown anole, a juvenile alligator and otters! The otters were wonderful to watch they were playing and eating - three smaller ones (I assume females) and one huge one. That was the highlight of the trip! We came back and Cathie and I made pasta for dinner. Just put the pics up and realize there are doubles of some of them - sorry.
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