The girls won at cards again last night - the score is now 7 to 7.
Russ took his 10 mile run this morning and after breakfast we drove up to Robinson Preserve. Last time we took the path up the middle of the park so we thought we would try the outside loop to the right. Big mistake! Other than the bald eagles flying overhead, a cormorant, an anhinga, some zebra butterflies, a brown anole, and hearing a blue-gray Gnatcatcher that we couldn't spot we saw very little bird life - lots of black mangrove, a very large gumbo limbo tree and tons of sea grape vines. We came across a tower - 72 steps to the top, but all we saw were some kayakers below us. The path was hot and it felt like we were on the Bataan death march. We finally found a path that cut down through the middle of the park and got back on the nice rubberized path. There we saw a tricolored heron, American egret, osprey, a pied-billed grebe, both turkey and black vultures, turtles, Northern shovelers, a white ibis, both great blue and little blue herons, white pelicans, king fishers, common gallinule, sandpipers, and a Cooper's hawk. If we come again, we will stick to the middle as that is where the majority of the bird life seems to congregate. We stopped again at the Wicked Cantina for lunch. Russ, Cathie and I read by the pool while Dave took his nap. It was a gorgeous day and I even took a dip in the pool. The water was quite warm and lovely. Since we didn't get lunch until 1:00, we will have those leftovers for dinner so we can have time to walk on the beach tonight. We want to catch the sunset again and plan to walk up to the main beach to hear the drumming which only happens on Sunday evenings.
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