Jim and Shari invited us up to their condo to meet some friends and have a dinner party. We started with some bird watching.
One of the daily traditions here is for residents to gather around 5:00 PM to watch the sea birds return to the rookery in the center of the pond. This nesting place is in the very top of these trees, and by dark there are birds on every branch as close as they can fit. They cruise in a "V" formation back from the Gulf and then peel off and glide one at a time up to a tree and squeeze onto a branch.
There was great squawking and chatter by those already there, and sometimes birds were forced off a branch and had to make a return landing. Jim identified one of the highest branches as the "pinnacle" and insisted that certain birds delight in capturing that spot. The birds we saw consisted of Cormorants, Brown Pelicans, Anhinga, Egrets, and Herons.
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| One section of the rookery starting to populate |
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| Looking to the pinnacle |
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| Anne befriending an Anhinga |
Jim made some very tasty sloppy joes, and we all had at least two! It was fun to meet some of the other couples in the area. As the day came to an end, we returned to Great Laker.
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| Sunset over the rookery |
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