Putting away the telephoto lens, the focus of today was to enjoy the scenery that makes up some of the most beautiful in Florida. Lovers Key State Park is one of my new favorite stops when in the Fort Myers area. Parking in the first main lot, you can either take the tram or the walk to the beach about 1/3 of a mile away over Inner Key to Lovers Key and some beautiful shoreline. This area is definitely more geared to the sunbather but still an Osprey nest near the parking lot and these Laughing Gulls lining up to watch the view were around.
Following the main road in a little further you get to the Black Island parking lot and trail. This morning I took the looking more and walking less approach. The birds around this area included, Northern Cardinal, Gray Catbird, Palm Warbler, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
The one thing I reallllly wanted to see was the Gopher Tortoise. But I didn't even though I did a pretty good job looking.
At home there was a pretty exciting new bird at the feeder. The male only showed up yesterday and left me with some guesses as to what it was. But with the female showing up today and the male showing more of it's breeding plummage, the ID of Indigo Bunting was straight forward. Here they are!
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