Day 34 on Captiva

Another trip to Ding Darling this morning about 9:00 am.  This morning we enjoyed seeing White Pelicans (no sign of the African one), Roseate Spoonbills, many shore birds, an immature night heron,  and more of the alligators (no photos today). I will begin with a video of the White Pelicans preening on the sand bar:
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 Have you seen the African today?

 Can't you forget that big bird?   We are just as interesting.

 

 

 And now we add in some Roseate Spoonbills:

 There were 3 sleeping....

 One looked up.....

 Another looked up.....

And then there were 4......

Back to sleep.

 

 One off for a stroll....

 Have you seen the African Pelican that everyone is looking for?

Guess she has gone......so I am off too!

 

Other birds:

 Tri-colored Heron

 Ibis

Three Ibis and Reflections

 

On the way out, we saw this Great Blue Heron.

And then we spotted this Immature Heron who was posing on the side of the drive.

 

That's enough for this post. Day 34 to be continued in another post.

Day 36 on Captiva

This morning we went to the Farmer's Market for fresh produce for our final week on Captiva.  We will miss our weekend trips shopping here. Below are more photos of the market:

 

We then went to Jerry's Supermarket for a quick breakfast and to shop.  Al had a lox and bagel platter with chopped eggs, chopped onion and cream cheese....not as good as lox platter at Sanibel Café or Over Easy.  I had Eggs Benedict served with fruit.  Restaurant was busy so we grabbed seats at the

counter.   

                                              

 

 We spent the afternoon at the beach watching birds, boats, and babes.

 

 

We decided that we would go to Ding Darling for sunset and the gathering of the Roseate Spoonbills  which is always a sight to see.  We photographed other birds as we waited for the spoonbills to arrive.

 

The Spoonbills arrive:

 

 

 

 

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For dinner, Al grilled steak and potatoes that we enjoyed with salad and hot rolls.