Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Egmont Key NWR: Saturday, 6-17-17




Tug pulling a huge barge in the shipping channel



Adult Royal Terns taking food to their chicks





Endangered Gopher Tortoise strolling through the 75 or so nests in the Black Skimmer Colony















Pilot Boat following the cruise ship 5-8 miles out into the Gulf of Mexico where it will pick up the pilot that guided the cruise ship from Port Tampa, under the Skyway Bridge, and out the shipping channel into the Gulf.




One of several Osprey nests on the west side of the island




The Ospreys don't always nest in trees.






Osprey with a fish-n-chips dinner for its mate, minus the chips












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