Grand Anhinga Nest - Anhingas, Egrets, & Ibises - a Community on a Rookery

This is on a small island rookery in SW Florida, now in "nesting season".
Mostly egrets are here, snowy and great, and as usual the juveniles are squawking and play-fighting.

And here is a very large, comfy nest for the Anhingas, who are monogamous and may return to the same nest/spot each year.
This year I've seen few of the once-common glossy ibises, but you can see one or two here, midway through.

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Four Ibises

My buddies, walking with me for a bit on a quiet road, Sanibel Island, FL, a few months before Hurricane Ian took out the land bridge & many of the island's homes, structures, roads, and boats. A memory preserved.

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While I found no whistling ducks this time (too dry), I did come across a few things I wasn't expecting, from gator babies to cormorants, armadillo, hawks, and some ibises that walked along with with me, despite my lecturing them to stay away from the road.

So as I was thinking "you can't always get what you want", I did still feel lucky...
And once back in the car, this song came on the radio... (no, not the Stones). More music gods i-Ching.

Lucky Man

A good recording/stream here of a song which shattered precedent, and maybe some windows, with this ground-breaking Moog synthesizer from Keith Emerson. Lucky to have been around for this period of music, too.

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