This has turned out to be a last minute post. Entries to Sandi’s 5 in 5 meme are due by tomorrow. Not that I don’t have photos from our road trip, but 5 in 5 minutes hadn’t happened. Yesterday as we took our daily walk down the beach there were an unusual number of birds on the beach
We spotted a bird we’ve never seen in all our trips to Florida. It’s a Black Skimmer—identified with Tracy’s iBird app. They’re the ones with the two-tone beaks–black and orange.
I rarely manage to catch the birds in flight, but yesterday I did. All these were taken with my iPhone 6.
And finally a photo of a bird we knew as a Pilot Tern (black heads), but we’re now not sure since we can’t find a bird with that name in our bird library. Our friend thought it was a Royal Tern, but a Royal Tern doesn’t have as much black on their head.
This is our last full day at the beach. We’re meeting friends of ours for lunch who are also on Longbeach. Tuesday night we had dinner with another couple who are also here. Amazing that we can have such a nice social life here as well as the wonderful weather! You can click on any of the photos to enlarge them.
Great set – good for you! The third pic is very striking and full of life – I can actually hear the squawking!
Glad the trip is going so well. Are you sorry you didn’t make it longer now? :o)
Black Skimmers are such a striking bird. Great 5in5 set. I think the temperatures will be rising as you return home …
What a great set of 5. Difficult to choose between them but I do particularly like the two of the birds in flight.
Hope you really got to enjoy your trip!
Ah! Just the taste of the beach soothes me…thanks for sharing. I especially liked the photo of the birds in flight…all are excellent with your iphone!
Cheers~
These are beautiful Karen. I have just been away for 4 days on an island what is a haven for bird life. I didn’t get any photos to match yours though, I especially like the one of the birds taking flight. Thank you for taking part this month, I hope you enjoyed your lunch. I like the idea of the birds identification app,I need to look at getting one of those.
They’re beautiful pictures: you know your way round an iphone just as well as you know your way round your big camera!
Gorgeous pictures Karen!
Thank You!!
It sounds like a y’all had a wonderful trip. These are great photos! We returned from a 9-day road trip this weekend, so I’m doing lots of catching up today.
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