Before dinner, we watched a video of the speech Larry Wilson gave to the Mystic River Historical Society. Russ grew up with Larry and I knew him when he was a kid. The boys grilled the grouper and we had quite a feast. We played one game of cards last night and the boys won in the last round so now the girls are up 9 to 7. We then watched a bit of the Oscars before going to bed.
It was cold and windy when we woke up this morning. Russ and I went to the beach to look for the reddish heron which we heard had been seen there recently, but we only saw gulls and shore birds and it was too cold to stay long so we came back to the condo. We decided to ditch plans for the beach and went to Celery Fields instead. We were lucky and spotted the elusive painted bunting! I only got shots of him on the feeder as he doesn't land on the ground for long. We also saw red-winged blackbirds, nan-day parakeets, brown-headed cowbirds, a red-bellied woodpecker, grackles, bluejay, cardinal, house finch, purple gallinule, common gallinule, glossy and white ibis, red-shouldered hawk, osprey, harrier, cattle egret, blue-winged teal, boat-tail grackles, mocking bird, purple martins, tree swallow, black-necked stilt, gray-headed swamp hen, roseate spoonbill, great egret, tricolored heron and turkey vultures. Just as we were leaving, we saw a great blue heron catch a large fish. If you look carefully at the last pic you can spot the bird in the heron's beak. In addition to birds, we spotted gators, a large soft-shelled turtle and a tilapia. We had a successful morning and came back to the condo for lunch. Russ and I went to the pool to read. We will have leftovers for dinner tonight.
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