Today was my big shopping day for the month. I brought my camera but really didn't think I'd bother stopping to take pictures. My back will only hold up for so long so, when I go shopping like this, it's like a military maneuver.

When I got to the lake, I was surprised to see that the pelicans had returned. Usually we have quite a few from January on. This year, for whatever reason, I've only seen a couple before today. So I stopped the car and got out to take some pictures.



Then I started to notice what was really going on. Overhead were at least 10 Ospreys! I've never seen so many at one time. Apparently the fish in the lake had come in close to the shore and every couple of minutes an Osprey would go in to a suicide dive and come up with a fish. Some of the fish were at least 18 inches long!!

Here's an Osprey who had just taken a dive in to the water.



One flying in for brunch.


And another over head.


Besides the Ospreys and pelicans, there were lots of Coots, seagulls and many, many cormorants.


Watching an Osprey catch fish is amazing and something I hope everyone gets to see in their lifetime.

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I thought you were going to post pictures of your groceries I like these better although I am nosy and would have also enjoyed the pictures of the groceries!

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The political system is broke and it's a joke.

I thought the same thing

Really cool pictures!

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Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking

My back is screaming right about now. Besides the shopping trip, I went back and forth to the computer repair place twice. A couple of days ago I couldn't get past the sign in screen. Of course when I got it down there the guy who fixes them said he couldn't find anything wrong with it. I picked it up, got it home and I still couldn't get by that screen! So down we went again and this time, still not finding the cause mind you, he used my mouse and keyboard and the darn thing still worked.

Finally, even for him, the mouse stopped working so I decided to purchase a new mouse and keyboard seeing how the ones I've been using are older than dirt. Now everything seems to be find so hopefully that's all it was.

Sorry, no food pictures. I hope I don't see the inside of a store for a week.

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Which ones are coots?

I don't think there are any coots in that photo. We have lots of them down here and I don't get photos of them unless they're in the same frame as something more interesting. Here's a photo from 2006 when I thought they were still interesting.



We also have another bird that looks like a coot but has a red bill. It's called a Gallinule.

Much better photos from the web.

Coot



Gallinule


Probably more than you wanted to know but I'm a bird lover and I can't help myself.

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