On Christmas eve I made my usual trip down to south St. Pete to the Bay Pines National Cemetery to visit my parents. I didn’t stay long and it was such a beautiful day that I decided to swing by the beach on the way home to stop at one of my Dad’s favorite places, the Seaside Seabird Sanctuary.
This rescue, rehabilitate and release sanctuary sits right on Indian Shores Beach. They also house many permanently injured birds. It looks like it was feeding time.
A couple of quick videos of them feeding. It was funny to watch the white pelican stick his whole head in to get the fish. Then the snowy egrets said “Hey, I can do that too!”.
They were catching live bait fish in the tubs.
Pretty faces. Most of the pelicans are missing a wing or eye.
A wild night heron hangs out hoping for a free snack.
A shot of the view from the deck on the way to the beach.
Beautiful photos, I would love to visit the bird sanctuary! I am glad they are all well cared for, they look good. Beautiful beach photo. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend.
They are good at feeding. And good for them to have this place.
/Irene
I love rescue and rehab places. Yours was interesting. I guess it helps them retain native behaviors to have to catch the bait fish themselves.
The Night Heron is a really good looking bird. I’ve only seen one once, and it was flying off into the distance.