Day 39 on Captiva

Last year a pair of eagles would visit the beach nearly everyday when we were in Captiva. They would sit in an Australian Pine tree directly behind the area where we sat.  This year we have only spotted them on the beach only a couple of times.   But today an eagle flew in and landed in the same tree and perched there for about 3o minutes,  I caught a picture as he flew above the roofs before landing.....

 

Today was a windy day but it was warm and was a great day to be at the beach.

The photos below gives an idea of how windy it was and how high the surf was.

 

 

Dinner tonight was at one of our favorite restaurants, The Mad Hatter.  We had early reservations at 5:15 with a table by the window.  We shared an appetizer of Portuguese Oysters roasted with chorizo, grilled corn and roasted pepper crusted  and Duck Salad-sliced cold duck on a bed of spinach  with orange, pecans, bacon and chopped onion dressing.  Al ordered Short Ribs, red wine braised, served with horseradish cream and truffle yucca fries,  I ordered the Triple Tail Special  pan-fried  topped with crab meat and fruit and served on saffron rice and asparagus.  Enjoyed with Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio. A Lovely meal and great service by Michelle.

Day 38 on Captiva

Today we went out to the Bay Side to watch the sunrise which now is around 7:30 am because of DLS.  It was a cloudy morning and there were only a few birds.

 

 

 

 

We then drove to Bailey Tract to walk the trail looking for birds and wildlife.  We saw ducks and a couple of rabbits  but not that many birds.

 

 

 

Rabbits 

 We made a stop at Bailey's Fish Market to get some triple tail fish for dinner,   I made Tuna salad for lunch and served with fresh tomatoes and lettuce with Iced Tea.

We spent a couple hours at the pool and then headed to the Beach until 4:30. 

 If you want to see more pictures of the vacation house click here

 

 For dinner we pan-roasted the triple tail and served with lemon butter sauce and sides of  corn and romaine salad dressed with lemon juice and oil with garlic, anchovies, parmesan cheese.  Love this fish.  I am including the link to a video for the recipe here so I will remember next time.

 

 

Day 37 0n Captiva

Today is another beautiful day.  We had another great birding experience from the front porch.  About 9:00 a group of Ibis landed in a tree near us and sat posing for pictures.

 

For lunch we enjoyed sandwiches of leftover beef from last night's dinner. Great lunch! Then we headed to the beach for an afternoon of boats and sun. And dolphins!

Some pictures of a resident Osprey who spends most of the day in this tree near the house.

Tonight was Monday Night at the Races.  Al watched the harness races at Northfield online.  We had a casual dinner on the porch  of grilled sausages and red peppers on buns with chopped salad and beer while watching the races.

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:

 

 

 

 

To view above video, click on arrow or go to blog here and click on video.

 

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