I was driving out on the Dunedin causeway for a walk early one morning in October when I noticed there were spoonbills at the beginning of the causeway. The tide was low and there wasn’t too many cars around. I pulled over and got my camera from the back. They were busy feeding and ignored me as I walked towards the water. After snapping the above I decided to walk over the first bridge.
The bridge was up and a barge was coming through.
When I got to the other end of the causeway it looked like it might rain. Typical skies here. Rain on the left and sun on the right. I didn’t get rained on this morning.
I got out at the other end of the causeway to walk the 2nd bridge and didn’t take my camera with me, just my phone. I saw these brown headed cowbirds sitting on the rail. Although they aren’t pretty birds they are not very common here. The above was taken with my phone.
As I was heading back to my car I saw something moving in the water and took a video. What was that swimming towards the sea wall? I think it’s manatees. I have seen them here before a few times but they are always far away. I was hoping they would get closer and they must have heard me because they swam right up to me.
They swam right up and hung out along the sea wall for a while. Maybe they were resting. Or looking for food. There’s not really any grass beds at this section of the sea wall. They eventually started swimming to the other side of the bridge and around the corner near the condos. What a treat to see them up close on my walk.
