Over look of 2012

Snail Kite

 We had a very good year, good birding, good travel and good health.

We ended the year today by spotting a new bird to add to our Florida and Life List, the Snail Kite.

Collage of the the National Parks, Memorials and Places.

 We added 17 National Parks and Historical Places to our count, that doesn't include the Presidential homes we visited as they not National Parks.  We have visited 76 National Spots to date.

Some of the new birds added to our life list.

 We added 36 new birds to our life list this year.  I also kept a year list which we ended up seeing 325 species of birds this year.  We have 100 species on our Florida list so far.  Our life list total is 475 species.

We like to wish all our friends and readers Happy New Year

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Beaches we've visited

Bunche Beach Preserve

Bowman Beach on Sanibel

Captiva Island Beach

Delnor Wiggins State Park Beach in Naples

Bonita Beach access #6

Ft. Myers beach by Holiday Inn

Bonita Beach access #3

Lover's Key State Park

Tarpon access beach on Sanibel

Sanibel Lighthouse Park

Photos from first week of Dec.

Anhinga taken at 6 Mile Slough

Atala butterfly taken at Naples Botanical  Gardens

Snowy Egret taken at Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park

Naples Botanical Garden

Roseate Spoonbill taken at 6 Mile Slough

Little Blue Heron taken Delnor-Wiggins  Pass State Park

Pileated Woodpecker taken at 6 Mile Slough

Latest Favorite Photos

Great Egret

Gulf Fritalary

Royal Terns

Willets on the beach

Little Blue heron

Am. Oystercatcher

Western Sandpiper

Glad we were in the car.

First couple of weeks in Ft Myer

Here's a few of my favorite photos taken from our first two weeks

 in Florida.

Alligator at Six Mile Cypress Slough

Ibis preening at Six Mile Cypress Slough

Queen Butterfly seen at Corkscrew Swamp Preserve

Zebra Longwing seen at Corkscrew Swamp Preserve

Gulf of Mexico from Lovers Key State Park

Snowy Egret seen at Lovers Key State Park

Favorite photos from Charleston area

Hunting Island State Park Lighthouse

Caw Caw Nature Preserve - old rice paddy now marsh

Tybee Island Lighthouse

The fountain in Savannah, GA

Charleston homes

Few favorite photos from OBX, NC

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

Lighthouse at Corilla

Indian Pipe flowers found at Nags Head  Preserve

Long wing butterfly at Elizabeth Gardens

Sunrise from KOA's boardwalk

Last week in Virginia