Upper Wekiva River

Belted Kingfisher

Had a sub par paddle at the Upper Wekiva River. Still managed to get a few nice pics. I will blame it on the late start. Was at Wilson's Landings after 9 AM. Went up river to the South a little farther than the entrance to Wekiva Falls, where four motor boats went by me. Turned around right there and then paddled past the bridge over the river.

Wekiva River scene

Put In / Take Out: Wilson's Landings. Please check previous posts from this location for details.

Belted Kingfisher

I am going to spare you the boring comments of this paddle. Someone gave me a suggestion and asked me to only post pics so you got it buddy. Here we go...

Wood Stork

Wood Stork

Little Blue Heron

Little Blue Heron

Looking North to the bridge (Hwy 46)

Upper Wekiva River

 

Tri-Colored Heron

Tri-Colored Heron

Great Egret

Anhinga

Anhinga

Limpkin

Limpkin

Belted Kingfisher

Turtles

River scene

Turtle

Ibis

Eastern Phoebe

Juvenile Little Blue Heron

Red Shouldered Hawk

Eastern Phoebe

Great Blue Heron

Pied Billed Grebe

Osprey

Osprey

And this is it for this one. Sorry for the lack of variety. At the end of the day it is not a zoo. Thanks for coming and hope you come back for our next post. We will be sharing with you more Views From Our Kayak.

Wekiva River

Salt Springs Run

Salt Springs Run Bald Eagle

Had a bittersweet paddle at the waters of the Salt Spring Run today. Everything that could go wrong went wrong. Let us see. Rain, battery one dead after 10 minutes, battery 2 going dead after maybe 20 minutes. Good thing that did not go too far on the Salt Springs Run. A pair of Bald Eagles made it fun for me.

Eastern Phoebe

Put In / Take Out: Salt Springs Marina. Check the link for information about location and fees.

Osprey

The forecast had a 15% chance of rain in the area. Not sure why I am even surprised that not long after I did put in it came down hard. Luckily for me I had decided to stay close to the marina just in case so spent the one hour rain delay under a roof in the marina and not on the broad run. My first battery died shortly after the delay. So replaced it and kept paddling towards Lake George, which was the original plan. Here are some pics...

This is how 15% chance of rain looked like!!!!!!!!!!!

Sandhill Crane

Great Egret

Great Egret

Turkey

Green Heron (used flash with this one)

Green Heron

Osprey

Osprey

Juvenile Green Heron

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Phoebe

Belted Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher

Was going down the run when saw a Bald Eagle drying its wings, something new for me as I had never seen an eagle doing that. Was shooting pics to it when realized my battery indicator was flashing a low battery warning. What? Really? Decided to stay with the eagle for the duration. It flew to another tree where its companion was drying its wings too. So had a two for one until one left and then the other one.

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagles

Bald Eagles

  

Flying

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

With my battery agonizing decided to go back to the marina and call it a day. Here is how it looked by that time. Absolutely stunning...

Salt Springs Run

Salt Springs Run

And this is it for this very short paddle. Hope you enjoy the few pics, or the many pics from the few subjects. Thanks for coming and hope you return for our next post. We will be sharing with you more Views From Our Kayak.

Eagle Pair at Salt Springs Run