The girls won the card game last night so now the score is 5 to four in favor of the guys. We will come back!
We were going to go back to Robinson's Preserve today, but changed our minds and went to a nearby neighborhood park called Red Bug Slough. Many of the trees were covered in Spanish moss and we saw the Old Man of the Moss (Russ) on our walk. We also saw three types of ducks: a wood duck pair, a hooded Merganser pair, and a few mallards. For birds we saw a phoebe, a little blue heron, a snowy egret, a couple of anhingas, a wood stork, a blue-gray gnatcatcher, a bluejay, a cardinal, a roseate spoonbill, a mocking bird and both black and turkey vultures. The most remarkable bird we saw was a little blue heron morph - pure white body with a blue bill. We also saw a monarch butterfly and nine cooters (turtles). We also came across something we had never seen before - a bucket of air potatoes. Apparently it is an invasive species of yam originally from Asia and Africa. They can be poisonous if ingested. The vines can grow as much as 8 inches a day!
We came back to the unit for lunch. Cathie and Russ have gone to the pool. I elected to read on the balcony for a while and write the blog. We will attempt to go out to dinner tonight if we can find outdoor dining, otherwise we will do take out. Tomorrow promises to be warm and sunny so we plan on heading to the beach.
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