Day 35 Captiva

Another cool morning and a bit overcast! Today begins our last week.....went by too fast!  We left for the Bailey Tract abut 9:30 and took a shorter walk than usual as it looked like rain was on the way.  Not a lot of birds but did see where they have started restoring  some of the original freshwater marsh habitat with heavy equipment. We saw lot of ospreys flying over head and circling  one of the pond areas.    Saw Great Egret, Ibis,  blue herons and  mottled ducks, snowy egret, and more.

Bailey Tract

Near the emtrance:

In first pond:

Along the Tract:

Lot of Ospreys seen:

More Mottled Ducks:

Spotted the Stokes on the trail:

Turtle, Flowers, and Butterflies:

And a Rice Rat scurried over our path on the way out:

We ate lunch at Over Easy Cafe

Al ordered Nova salmon layered with tomato slices,  red onion and capers served with a toasted bagel  and cream cheese.  I had half of a tomato stuffed with tuna salad.  We then shopped at Bailey's General Store across the street.  We made a drive through Ding Darling instead of going straight home. It was a quiet drive and we saw these views on a cloudy day:

 Video of White Pelicans Feeding:

Video of Ibis Feeding on Drive

We arrived back at the cottage just as it began to rain and it rained all the rest of the day.  Spent the afternoon reading.  We had a simple dinner of beef hot dogs and fried okra.