Loop Road

09 December 2014.  The Loop Road is a 27-mile unpaved scenic drive at the Big Cypress National Preserve.  It is also a birder's paradise.

Finally, a decent photo of a Belted Kingfisher!

Snowy Egret

Green Heron

White Ibis

Little Blue Heron

Pied-billed Grebe

Immature Black-crowned Night Heron

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Great Egret

Grumpy-looking Great Blue Heron

Anhinga

Cypress Forest

Eco Pond

December 2014.  Eco Pond.  Everglades National Park in Homestead, Florida.

Wood Stork - the only stork species breeding in the United States.

Osprey

Wood Stork and Roseate Spoonbill

Immature Little Blue Heron

Pete was looking forward to spotting a Burmese Python.  This was the closest he got :)

American White Pelicans, Wood Storks, Roseate Spoonbills and Snowy Egret

White Pelicans

It's difficult to identify this bird since I didn't have a chance to photograph its front side but Pete thinks it's a juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk.

Bill Williams River National Wildlife

December 30, 2012

To go or not to go to Lake Havasu to visit the London Bridge?  That was the question.  It's one of the side trips from Quartzsite recommended by different websites.  Some RVers we met suggested it without any qualms as well (but a few warned us that it's very 'commercialized').  To be honest, I wasn't excited about it at all.  Driving around 75 miles to gaze upon reassembled (s)crap from London, England didn't really appeal to me (Lake Havasu City bought it in 1968 for $2.5 million).  However, the drive itself was absolutely lovely and after about 50 miles, we spotted a scenic spot sign.  Of course we took advantage of the photo op and then realized it was overlooking Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge.  We decided that London Bridge could wait until our next visit to Arizona.   

Clark's Grebes

Common Loon

Common Loon demonstrating its bathing ritual

Common Goldeneye

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Ring-necked Ducks

Great Egrets

How you doin'?

Brontë sniffing her new friend

Great Blue Heron and Snowy Egret

Great Blue Heron