Tag: Brown Pelican
Posted on December 4, 2022
by Linda
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We anchored near Port Mayaca. I love anchoring when we are near wildlife. The trip down the water way was boring from Port Mayaca to the last lock. That lock was a 14-foot drop, which was interesting, but going down is always less interesting… Continue Reading “Port Mayaca to Stuart”
Posted on December 1, 2022
by Linda
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Wednesday was Regis’ birthday and he was hoping for a smooth motoring day. We left the mooring ball at sunrise and by the time we got into the main channel for the intracoastal waterway (ICW), Regis said we had to turn around. That quickly… Continue Reading “Sarasota to Gasparilla”
Category: boat work, boatlife, travel, wildlifeTags: boat life, Brown Pelican, dolphins playing, icw, intracoastal waterway in Florida, magnificent frigatebird, trawler life, white pelicans
Posted on November 30, 2022
by regis
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As we started one of our earliest and easiest departures, we were feeling good about the day. It was a clear day, the sun was going to shine, and we could wear shorts from the start. The trip down the waterway was great, barely… Continue Reading “Stuck, Take Two”
Category: boat work, boatlife, travel, Uncategorized, wildlifeTags: boat life, boat repair, BoatUS towing, broken wheel on trawler, Brown Pelican, Marina Jack, navigation charting issues, rudder problems on a trawler, run aground, Sarasota, Sarasota waterfront, shoaling, Tiki Bar boat, trawler life
Posted on November 24, 2022
by Linda
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Wednesday, we walked to a restaurant for dinner and got fresh seafood. Delicious. We set the alarm Thursday for before sunrise hoping to leave as soon as the first rays of light hit the horizon. Instead, we were socked in with fog. Regis was… Continue Reading “Fog”
Category: boat work, boatlife, puppylife, travel, Uncategorized, wildlifeTags: boat life, Brown Pelican, derelict boat, fog, intracoastal waterway, juvenile rough collies, trawler life
Posted on November 25, 2021
by Linda
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I wanted to share the grace and beauty of a pelican landing. Regis took the pictures. Oh wait, no, that was not a landing. That is what pilots call a touch and go.
Posted on February 21, 2021
by Linda
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The Ark Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation has received a large number of injured pelicans in the last couple weeks. Many of those pelicans came from the GTM Reserve where I volunteer regularly. The GTM has a dam with a lake on one side and… Continue Reading “Pelican Patrol”
Posted on January 31, 2021
by Linda
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I went to the Villano Boat Ramp in St. Augustine before sunrise to get some morning pictures of the birds. The colors were not as spectacular as I had hoped, but all sunrises are amazing in their own way. The fishermen were departing while… Continue Reading “Birds at Sunrise”
Posted on January 4, 2021
by Linda
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I kayaked by myself for the Matanzas Christmas Bird Count. I left from the Butler boat ramp where we pulled out the other day and promised to be careful. It was windy, so I kept to the oyster beds and stayed away from the… Continue Reading “CBC, Pip, Squeak, and Sandy”
Category: wildlifeTags: Ark wildife rescue and rehabilitation, belted kingfisher, black-bellied plover, Brown Pelican, eudocimus albus, killdeer chicks, larus delawarensis, Limnodromus griseus, Manatanzas Christmas Bird Count, megaceryle alcyon, numenius phaeopus, pelecanus occidentalis, pluvialis squatarola, ring-billed gull, sanderling, short-billed dowitcher, tringa semipalmata, whimbrel, white ibis, Willet
Posted on October 8, 2020
by Linda
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We recently returned from camping several days in Cedar Key, Florida. We stayed at our favorite location – Low Key Hideway. They have about 10 campsites and all located on the water. There is a small hotel and a Tiki Bar and it is… Continue Reading “Cedar Key”
Category: UncategorizedTags: american oystercatcher, black-bellied plover, Brown Pelican, cedar key, coastal sunset, dart, eudocimus albus, haematopus palliatus, numenius phaeopus, oyster bar, pelecanus occidentalis, platalea ajaja, pluvialis squatarola, Roseate Spoonbill, Shorebirds, shorebirds feeding, shorebirds feeding video, sunset over cedar key, tringa semipalmata, whimbrel, white ibis, Willet
Posted on August 5, 2020
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After Amarillo, Texas we stayed in the KOA in Abilene, Texas. It was nice. We moved on to the KOA in Canton, Texas and picked up lots of grasshoppers along the way. They were all over the grill of the motorhome and even in… Continue Reading “In Florida, but not Home Yet”
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