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Dog Walk – Thanksgiving Day

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Just when I was joking that I had dragged the camera with me and there was nothing to take photos of today. I actually said to my husband, “Please take the leash, maybe there will be a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker” on the tree ahead. Surprise there was! Turns out that it wasn’t such a bad outing after all.

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A female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker looks for dinner.

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A Cormorant looks for dinner.

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A Green Heron perches on a mangrove tree.

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Air plants hanging in a tree.

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A male Cardinal

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A cracked coconut on a rock

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Well, it is Thanksgiving in South Florida.

Dog Walk / Nature Posted by Suzy Mast 28 Nov 2013 / 0 comments

Abbreviated Dog Walk

We didn’t get very far on our dog walk on Monday. First we found the squirrel on the pole in our driveway.

: “Are you watching me?”

But then …

We looked up …

And there was an Osprey … on the pole … in the yard behind our house … with a still flopping Crevalle Jack in its talons!

The dogs were whisked back inside and the next hour was spent watching amazing scenes of nature, practically in our own backyard! No worries though. The dogs got their walk afterwards.

: An Osprey eats a Crevalle Jack for breakfast on the top of a utility pole.

: An Osprey eats a Crevalle Jack for breakfast on the top of a utility pole.

: An Osprey takes a bite of a Crevalle Jack for its breakfast.

: An Osprey eyes me after finishing its sushi breakfast.

Dog Walk / Nature Posted by Suzy Mast 16 Nov 2013 / 0 comments

Going to work

I got stopped at the toll bridge tonight on the way to work. However, I can’t say that the view was bad. Pretty nice after yesterday’s rains.

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The sun sets over Biscayne Bay.

Nature Posted by Suzy Mast 11 Nov 2013 / 0 comments

Dog Walk – Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013

Today two or three American Kestrels were flying, chasing and hovering in the sky. Not sure if they were just chasing each other or hunting, but it was very cool to watch.