Today we drove to Fort DeSoto Park in Pinellas county to “add birds to my life list.” Well, it turned out that as we drove over there, the clouds kept multiplying more and more. So, with overcast skies and a windy temp of 63 degrees, we found very few birds who wanted to have their picture taken or even be seen. We took a few pictures and then stopped by the Gandy causeway to feed some gulls and grackles.

Here is a list of today’s birds:

• Going and coming home – Ospreys, Cattle Egrets, Mockingbird, Boat-tailed Grackles, Ring-billed Gulls, Turkey Vultures, Brown Pelican, Rock Doves(pigeons), Double-crested Cormorants sitting on the light posts on the bridge across Tampa Bay, Mourning Doves, Great Egret, and a Loggerhead Shrike, Ibises, and several UFO (unidentified flying objects-“birds”)
• At Fort DeSoto – Brown Pelicans, Great Egret, Mourning Moves, 5 Black-hooded Parakeets, Loggerhead Shrike, Killdeer, Kingfisher, 2 American Kestrel, Reddish Egret, Ring-billed and Laughing gulls. We spotted an Ospreys’ nest and saw the baby stick it’s head up several times. Got one picture of it. Also have pictures, that I need to figure out what I saw. Stay tuned.
• On Gandy Causeway – Fed ring-billed and laughing gulls, boat-tailed grackles and saw royal terns and some more that I still need to ID.

Not too bad of a day, in spite of the overcast skies.