A Birder's Life for Me

The first big trip of the fall is underway with a route that will traverse 17 states from Florida to Colorado.  With a day to spend in Port Orange, FL, we made a stop at the Smyrna Dunes Park.  Happily, we picked up three new species to raise the year-to-date total to 429.  

Snowy Plovers, about the size of newborn chickens...

The aptly named, Common Tern...

And, Red Knots sporting their not so red fall plumage.

We also found some Black Skimmers that were eager to pose for close range photos.

Next up is a quick stop in Charlotte to visit the dentist and then on to Cincinnati to celebrate my mom's 93rd birthday.  From there, we immediately head west to Boulder, CO to perform babysitting duty with Henry and Owen for a few days.   As I have noted before, there are no days off when you are retired.