So my last post from the coast, I enjoy seeing the sky so big when Im here...I live under a forest so Its nice to be out in the open for a while...
We had 2 beautiful sunny days, and one really cold cloudy day and one sort of had some wind and whispy clouds...
Some late blooming fall flowers in the sand...
This short trail took us out to another view point...it's located near the Castle....
More Clapper Rail...
Interesting plant...I think its a Beach Spider Lily near the end of it's bloom..
A Gulf Fritillary...
A couple of Ring Billed Gulls hunker down from the wind...various age stages, the one in back is a first winter, the one in front is second Winter...
Along one of the boardwalks we found newly arrived White Throated Sparrows...Love their song...
And we had a lot of Blue Jay hanging out
And a Brown Thrasher
And the first Song Sparrow of the fall for me,
On my last day I stopped to see the Atalaya Castle, its also on the Park Grounds It was built by the Huntington's in the 1930's, the Castle and 2,500 acres of land were donated to the state to become a state park in the1960's.
It is now a National Historic Landmark, I had the dogs and it was an extra entry fee so I didn't go in but it's an interesting building...
It looks sort of gloomy on the outside,
My last walk on the boardwalk before heading for home.....
And I know you can't really see it, but right in the middle of this grassy shot below is A NEW life bird, I got a look at him but then he darted to the other side of the boardwalk and buried down in the grass, so this is all I could get....The SALTMARSH SPARROW.
Do you see it at all?
AND I always love when a Yellow Lab drives the RV.
Super fun lots of cool birds landscapes family and we met some nice people to boot!
I had the first fire of the fall in the fireplace tonight...so it's time to put Winter rules in play.
PEACE
Every day is a new Adventure.
