3/3/2025 Robinson Preserve

 So last night we had grilled burgers and salad for dinner and then walked over to the ice cream shop.  Russ and I had salted caramel (yum!), Cathie had double chocolate and Dave had red raspberry sorbet.  We walked back home and played cards.  We couldn't get the Oscars on the TV as we think it is a satellite one with a bazillion channels, but no regular channels.  Cathie and I lost again!!!  Tonight we are switching seats to see if that makes a difference.  At least this time we got to play all four rounds before losing!

We drove up to Robinson Preserve after breakfast and had a wonderful time walking around and taking pictures.  One of the wonderful things about this park is that the is one long trail that has been surfaced with the rubber they use on high school tracks.  It is very easy on the joints - especially for older folks.  We came back to Siesta Key and had lunch.  Rinse and repeat from yesterday.  Three of us read at the pool while Dave took a nap.  We will eat in again tonight.  We will probably go to the beach tomorrow as it is supposed to rain on Wednesday.  Fingers crossed for some luck for the ladies tonight at the card table.

Our bird count today was very good: white ibis, glossy ibis, osprey (one flying overhead with a fish in his talons), red shouldered hawk, snowy egret, cattle egret, great blue, little blue, white pelican, palm warbler, blue winged teal, night heron, tricolor, crow, black vulture, great egret, little blue morph, pee wee, cormorant, anhinga, mocking bird.  We heard, but did not see a cardinal and a pileated woodpecker.  We also saw a fiddler crab and beach sunflowers.