Today is Monday, 2-13-17. We are camped in Torreya State Park about 40 miles west of Tallahassee, FL. Not many pictures from today. And FYI, if you don't get an email from us almost every day, it will be because we are not in cell coverage. Almost all emails I sent out yesterday were returned as "undeliverable." GRR!
Bathing Sanderling
All clean, he now dries his wings into the wind
He then struts up the beach
Preens with others
Then they all settle in to rest
Resurrection Fern, full after the rain
In dry conditions it shrivels up into brownish leaves
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Feeding on pine cone seeds
Tool use in birds is rare, but these nuthatches will use a piece of bark as a lever to pry up other bark to look for food. It may even carry the bark tool from tree to tree.
Their range is rather restricted to the southeast in the remaining longleaf forests
Nests of these birds are regularly attended by extra birds, usually young males.
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