May 21, 2011

• Return to Shell Island

  George spotted an osprey nest on a previous trip to Shell Island, and he wanted to get some pictures of the family nesting there. So...

  
  We landed close to the west end of the island near St. Andrews Pass

  
   While others gamboled frivolously...

  

   

  
  ...George and I contemplated the arduos journey into the interior...
  
  

  
  .....and the potential dangers that lay waiting....
  
  

  
  The terrain was challenging, and we often had to take 'photo stops'

  
  
  George took the lead, which involved a lot of waiting for me to catch up
  
  

  

  
   We found the nest, and the ospreys made a show of scaring us off
  

  
   

  
  George got the better pictures

  
  This reminds me, I need to finish mowing the lawn

  
  After the walk, George and I scraped some barnacles off the hull of his boat. We also removed this escapee from a po-boy
  

  
   
  Porpoises were feeding as we left the island.

  
  George keeps his boat at a dock on the other side of this bridge. The opening is about five feet wider than the boat, and
  incredibly shallow on the starboard side. He always has me ready to push away from the pilings, but he never even comes close to hitting one.

  
  These last pics were taken after we secured the boat, and George saw these guys doing a little fishing.....
  
  

  

  

  
  Egrets fly with their long neck tuck in, herons with their neck outstretched
  

   

   

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