Protein for Supper

We got to Florida at about 10 a.m. 30F in Michigan...80F in Florida. Quite a change...and it feels good.

After lunch at Sonnys (BBQ), and a short nap...I went out to the marina, and the bay.

Good to see the shorebirds again. I never get tired of watching them.

Last year I noticed that the snowy egrets supplement their fish diets with tiny little morsels of fly. Now I have proof.

I guess my questions would be...how many flies would it take to make a meal? 40, 50, 60? And...why don't they get their friends the pelicans...with those huge mouths...to help them?

13 other pictures are on my FLICKR PAGE. I hope I didn't blow my whole week of snapping birds...'cause there were a lot around.

I need help from you bird people with the first 2 pictures on Flickr. I'm not sure what they are. For a solid hour, they soared over my head...never quite getting close enough for my liking.

A little shopping...a trip to the grocery store...and the SNL Christmas special. Life is good in the Sunshine State.

I'll catch up with your pictures when I can. Our internet is VERY shaky, and I have to share the computer with Lisa.