Here’s a bird that celebrates Valentine’s Day every day with that heart on his head. I was out for a bike ride on the Pinellas Trail in November. This part of the trail goes between cow pastures for several miles and sandhill cranes are common here all year.

I saw 3 couples along the trail this morning.

I saw several eagles this morning as well. This one was sitting on the tower that has it’s nest in it. The parents were already doing some rebuilding on this nest.

Farther down the trail I had an eagle circle over my head and land on a utility tower right in front of me.

I could see another eagle landing on the tower next to it and sat for a while. I was hoping they would end up on the same tower but that didn’t happen while I was there.

Cows have been grazing on the farthest pasture. I miss them being much closer to the trail. I don’t see them often anymore since they are much farther back.

I was taking a break on my way back and was looking at the sun coming through the old oak trees. I saw movement high up on the branches and I’m glad I looked twice because it wasn’t a common gray squirrel.

I zoomed in with my camera and realized it was a fox squirrel. I only see them  on this trail and not very often. Look at those front teeth!

Bitter melon (also called bitter gourd) is an invasive plant in Florida. It’s common  to see along fencing and I usually see bugs on it. It’s pretty when it splits open and you can see the red seeds.

I’m not sure what this is but it was growing along the trail.

I was almost back to my car when I saw something gray on the wire far out in the pasture. At first I thought it was a dove but when it started flying around I could see the peach color under the wings and that forked tail. I knew it was a scissor tail flycatcher. I was able to get some shots of it flying around and coming back with a bug for a snack.  He’s really pretty.