Cedar Key, July 3

 On the water at 6:34 AM

 Moon still out

Sun rising

 

 

 

 Roseate spoonbills in the Number 2 Channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Dolphin

video

 

 Cemetery Point

 

 

 

 

 

Needs to remove the motor

 

 

Landed at 8:19

 

 Inside the tent.

 Shade for Independence Day picnickers

 

 

Wrap around porch. End unit

Breakfast, back in the yak at 11:15

 

 Holiday traffic

 Atsena Otie Key

 

 Reddish egret

 

 

 Snake Key

Magnificent frigate bird

 

 

 Magnificent frigate birds at Snake Key

 

 

 Spoonbill and frigate birds. Hard to top that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 video

 

The frigate birds are recent visitors to Snake Key.  They mysteriously disappeared from Seahorse Key in the spring.  I first saw them at Snake Key in June.

 

Hello, ladies.

 

 

 

Tri colored herons have lined the channel that divides the key in two for as long as I have been visiting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Headed back to Cedar Key

Via Astena Otie

The coveted pelican with its beak vertical shot

 

Dolphin

 Kayak

 

 

 The red buoy is new

 

 

 

Landed at 3:15

 

Bike to Sandy's for some vittles

 

 

 Some selfish sob in the kayak loading spot. White shirt.

I loaded my kayak on the car and headed to the Airport Road put in

On the water at 7:23

 

 

 

 Not the best sunset, but always good to be on the water.

 

 

 

 

Landed at 8:58

I was able to get some practice for the 4th of July show from my balcony

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