Caspersen Beach

Caspersen Beach is just south of Venice Beach,

in SW Florida,

and is #14 on the South section of

The Great Birding Trail...

Ru and I visited this week

While scouting houses and 'hoods in the area...

C. Beach has some rocky spots

And a narrow shoreline,

But it's a nice beach...

A snowy egret had taken it upon itself

To oversee one fisherman's endeavors...

Deciding, it seemed, that the one bitty fish gift wasn't enough,

Snowy E. did a little fishing of its own...

For a few moments it appeared to of

Grabbed up more than it could swallow...

...Hmmm.......

...Ok, here we go, down the hatch......

Relaxing back on a rock, after the snack......

There were also 2-3 of this bird floating about offshore....

Turns out it's a common loon! A lifer....

Too bad it's winter plumage....

A ring-billed gull and ruddy turnstone

Grappled over a dead fish....

Neither got far with it, but....

Eventually the turnstone strutted off in search of easier fare...

Also floating offshore, like the loons,

Were a couple brown pelicans.

Before reaching Caspersen Beach,

We took a quick look around at

Shamrock Park & Nature Ctr. nearby,

Didn't see anything...it's #13

On the South part of the Great Birding Trail.

We plan to get back there

And ride our bikes on the trail.