Debbie and I took a bike ride along the bike trail roughly paralleling Collier’s Boulevard. As with many of Florida’s roads, a water-filled drainage ditch ran along beside the road … where we were enjoyed its bird and reptile inhabitants.
American Alligator
Anhinga Fishing
Mottled Duck
Ibis
Wood Stork
Snowy Egret
Muscovy Duck
Friendly Muscovy Duck … Up Close and Personal
Great White Egret
Great Blue Heron
And, I missed both a snake and turtle … which were quicker to duck into the woods and water than I was with my camera.
There were also some colorful flora.
Bottle Brush Tree
Eastern Holly
We also ran across an as yet unknown growth on both some rocks and reeds.
This afternoon, we read in the lee of our motor home as the winds howled out of the northwest in advance of a cold front which is supposed to plunge tonight’s overnight temperatures into the low 40os or even high 30os. Hell, we came as far south as possible to escape such weather.
Tonight, we joined several friends in the club house’s theater for a private showing of “The Light of Day”.