Took advantage of the time change by getting on the water before sunrise, 7:34 EDT
Black skimmers
Put the Super Vivid setting back on for the spoonbills.
No white pelicans
Cormorant leads me out of the Channel
Not sure what the deal is with the streaking on the brown pelican. Below, the white lights is the sun hitting windows.
Landed at 8:29. Breakfast, pasta with clams, red onion and summer squash, just a touch of tomato sauce, compose the Yak Tales, back in the kayak at 10:31
High tide means black skimmers find a new sandbar
Spoonbills in the mangroves
Too shallow in the cove for a closer look. Egrets and night herons, too.
Out of the cove
Into the Channel
And, the Gulf
Paddling north northeast along the shore of unnamed keys, past Scale Key, and beyond
Closer view
Crowds on the unnamed key where I planned to land.
This key, like Scale Key and others in the area, is part of the Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge.
Little bird, big nest
I assume the markers are clam leases
Loon
Florida's secret. Retractable dome.
Looks like one side failed to pay condo maintenance fees
For a Monday, this is a crowd. Damn the cold winter up north. The majority of license plates were out of state. Landed at 12:30
Lunch, then on the bike at 2.
Boat graveyard
The Cannons deserve a better view
Out of the cemetery, for now.
Air strip on the left
Water on the right. I did not see the missing Malaysia Airlines plane
Snowy
Or, wrong if you're the lizard
History, another reason I love Cedar Key
My kayak on the beach makes an excellent final photo from the bike ride.
Back to 330 for about an hour
Back on the water at 5:30
If you do not recognize I was back in the Number 2 Channel, welcome to Dave's Yak Tales
Turned back at Cemetery Point
Freeloaders
Spoonbill in the Fenimore Mill cove
Going into the shallow cove to get the sun between the spoonbill and I.
More spoonbills
Black crowned night herons
So, I paddled the other direction, back to the wreck
Ok, enough of the wading spoonbills.
Missed most of the colorful sunset by watching colorful birds
Day ending it began. Black skimmers
Landed at 7:45
Quality refreshment. The water bottle in the background is one I have been refilling for the last month. If only beer came from the tap. Instead of just on tap.
3 comments:
You have no idea how much I enjoy your Cedar Key posts---can't wait to return on the 30th.
I'd offer 50 bucks to crash on the couch. But, its a weekday, and I have been told I snore like an airboat.
I second Joanne about the Cedar Key posts. Am not planning to go anytime soon though. :(
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