Crystal River FL
Today we tried to save a lost day. We started at the library, with me on a mission to get my taxes ready. I got quite a bit of my data ready, but could not find any of my 1099s. This brought on quite the meltdown. Since there was nothing to be done about it until I could rip into every nook and cranny of the trailer and truck, we left the library in an attempt to salvage some good from the day.
There are two sections of the Greater Florida Birding Trail (http://myfwc.com/gfbt) near our RV park. We decided, near dusk, to explore one of them. We walked for nearly an hour. Most of the trail looked like it had been created by a 4-wheel-drive vehicle driving several times over the same ground. In other parts, it looked like a walking path through the woods. In a couple places, there was no trail at all and we took our best guess on direction.
Today we tried to save a lost day. We started at the library, with me on a mission to get my taxes ready. I got quite a bit of my data ready, but could not find any of my 1099s. This brought on quite the meltdown. Since there was nothing to be done about it until I could rip into every nook and cranny of the trailer and truck, we left the library in an attempt to salvage some good from the day.
There are two sections of the Greater Florida Birding Trail (http://myfwc.com/gfbt) near our RV park. We decided, near dusk, to explore one of them. We walked for nearly an hour. Most of the trail looked like it had been created by a 4-wheel-drive vehicle driving several times over the same ground. In other parts, it looked like a walking path through the woods. In a couple places, there was no trail at all and we took our best guess on direction.
We didn’t see many birds until nearly sunset, but the landscape was beautiful. Dusk found us in an open area of saw grass. Suddenly, there were small birds flying in swarms, reeling from one side of us to the other. They were dark on top, with rosy bellies. At first, I thought this was sun reflection, but the color was visible on those not turned to the setting sun. Kelly thought they were kite swallows and I thought they were tree swallows. They were smallish birds, with only a shallow cleft in their tails. Their wings were nearly perpendicular to their bodies, with little “hinge” to them – they looked a lot like fat, stubby, flying cigars.
We finished the day with laundry. How exciting. Yet another example of this not being a vacation.
We finished the day with laundry. How exciting. Yet another example of this not being a vacation.
Maybe barn swallows? http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/wbmiller3/birdx.jpg
ReplyDeleteBill, I think you're right! They looked like little black winged darts! Yellow bodies (the sun was setting) with black wings and no necks! I thought that they glided like kites. All they needed was string!
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