There were two nice birding locations near Daytona that Leslie and I decided to explore. First we traveled to the end of the barrier island to Lighthouse Point. The second location the Port Orange Causeway Park. A total of five new lifebirds was the haul for the day.
A Moai statue in front of this hotel
A small plane too
Grab a flag and wave it at oncoming drivers to warn them that you are using the crosswalk
Pastel colors
The pay gate into the lighthouse park
The lighthouse
Lots of walkways to walk upon
Leave the tortoises alone
Tat was a good spot for a sign
The sun is hot
Dunes ahead
The yellow feet of a little egret
To the Jetty
The inlet
Tidal intrusion
Lots of fishing going on
Ruddy Turnstone
Stoic behavior
Zoomie
No one actually got up on a surfboard
A long jetty
Lots of beach at this park
Cars can come on the beach
Ruddy Turnstone
Royal Tern lifebird #1
Go go go gopher tortoise
An elegant bird indeed
This was the sight of a planned resort, the Inlet Terrace Resort. Construction had begin and was continuing when the 1926 Hurricane ripped up the coast. The collapse in Florida property values that followed was the death knell of this project
Natural scrub land
The light house
Brown Pelican
The osprey with its fish
At the causeway park
An American oystercatcher life bird #2
The oyster catcher and a blue heron
Brown Pelican
Laughing Gull Lifebird #3
American Herring Gull lifebird #4
Hippy time on the highway
Who the king?
And the queen!
Maddy is Queen too!
Just me
All hail the Queen
The cardinal agrees
Macys just gotta sit on someone
Eastern bluebird lifebird #5
It has been 3 years and 307 days since we began our Migration
