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3/04/2009 ~ Sanibel-Captiva Islands

Wednesday the weather was finally creeping back up into the 70's and we had the day set aside for Sanibel Island. We arrived at the island at 8 am and made a stop at the SCCF, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation's Nature Center right across the road from the famed Ding Darling National Wildlife Preserve. A brisk 4-mile walk at the latter left us too exhausted to bother with the Wildlife Drive, which was a veritable traffic jam by early afternoon anyway. We headed over to Captiva Island and spent an hour at their beautiful white sand beach where I finally found my life breeding plumaged Ruddy Turnstone, but foolishly spooked him before I got a shot off. We then drove all the way to the other end of the island chain and spent a lovely afternoon at the Sanibel Lighthouse Beach! Definitely a place to visit for shelling!
Florida Snow Bird
Florida Snow Bird		 Willet
Willet		 Winter Plumaged Black-bellied Plover
Winter Plumaged Black-bellied Plover		 Winter Plumaged Sanderling
Winter Plumaged Sanderling
Champion Shellers on a Championship Seashell Beach!
Champion Shellers on a Championship Seashell Beach!		 Adult Male Brown Pelican
Adult Male Brown Pelican		 Dinner Pest, Not Dinner Guest!
Dinner Pest, Not Dinner Guest!		 Portrait of a Snowy Egret
Portrait of a Snowy Egret
Great White Egret Portrait
Great White Egret Portrait		 Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican		 Opportunistic Feeder
Opportunistic Feeder		 Fishing Dreams
Fishing Dreams
Across the Gulf
Across the Gulf		 The Lighthouse at Sanibel island
The Lighthouse at Sanibel island		 Hole in the Wall
Hole in the Wall		 The Uber Nest
The Uber Nest
A Day at the Beach
A Day at the Beach		 I Ha' Snow Egrets
I Ha' Snow Egrets		 The Lookout
The Lookout		 Protected Wildlife Habitat
Protected Wildlife Habitat

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