Prothonotary Warbler |
Hope you like the opening pic. It is a Florida visitor for this time of the year and it was a victory to finally get a pic of this beautiful little bird. We will talk about that later on Did You Know That? Today we had a very short paddle in the Lower Wekiva River. Finished our things to do around 11:30 and asked wifey if she wanted to go for a paddle. She said yes, as long as it was a short one. Yesterday I wanted to paddle Lower Wekiva River so; Why not today?
Put In \ Take Out: The put in for this trip was Katie's Landing and, as for almost all our trips, the take out too. You can see my previous post about this river for information about how to go to Katie's Landing or click on this link: Katie's Landing.
I was close to tell wifey to forget about it when we arrived at Katie's. The wind was coming from the south and blowing hard. Since we always go down river, north, on this location I was thinking on the trip back. I knew it was going to be hard and did not feel like wanting to battle the wind and the current. We decided to go anyways and to not go too far from Katie's. Sounded like a plan and we were in the water at 12:30.
Ibis |
Osprey |
Gator |
Lower Wekiva River gator |
Prothonotary Warbler |
Did You Know That?
This little fellow has more frequent flyer miles than many of us. Each Spring and Fall it travels from its breeding grounds in the USA to the mangrove swamps in Central and South America. In the mangroves of Panama, for example, they can reach such a high population that sometimes ornithologists have described sights of "swarms" of Prothonotary Warblers. A cool fact about this beautiful yellow bird is the origin of the name. Prothonotary refers to clerks in the Roman Catholic church whose robes were bright yellow. Did you know that? I did not.
At 3:30 we had the yak at the top of our minivan and... very sore arms. Here are more pics of wildlife we saw today...
Tri Colored Heron
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Little Blue Heron |
Great Blue Heron |
Red Shouldered Hawk |
Moorhen |
Anhinga(female) |
Turtle slap |
Mallard |
Turkey |
Tri-Colored Heron & Ibis |
Gator |
That is it for today. For more pics of this and past trips to Lower Wekiva River please click here: Lower Wekiva River.
Thanks for coming. We hope you enjoyed the Views From Our Kayak
See you next week!!!!!!!!
As always....I so enjoy your reports. Congratulations on the Prothonotary Warbler! Great Photo.
ReplyDeleteThanks!!! It was a hard one to take.
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