Green Cay in the Evening

August 7, 2008, 7pm -almost too hot to walk, but decided to anyway. Mine was one of two cars in the parking lot. On the long loop near the first chickee hut, saw two alligators rolling over one another, no sound, looked like they were playing. For the first time, saw a pig frog, kind of small to be making such a big noise but the photographer who was there said it was definitely one of the piggies. At a distance saw a few roseate spoonbills scattered among the great egrets and tri-colored herons who were gathering in their nightime groupings. As I was entering the cypress area, two whistling ducks were sitting on the railing. I had a close up look at their markings - red bill, green head, black bellies, and ruddy backs - very colorful. As I approached they flew away, whistling.

A few stilts on the short loop, nothing in the cut-across, one spoonbill near the first rest area on the short loop with his/her head buried under feathers. On one leg too.

Although it was hot at first, by 7:45 the air was cooler and more egrets were flying into the groups. I think I saw two white morphs of the great blue heron - yellow legs are heron legs, so they must be herons.