Lovers Key State Park

Hello, Happy Thursday!

On this day hubby and I visited the Lovers Key State Park near Fort Myers beach. We had a beautiful day for a walk on the beach and on the trail. It is a lovely park.

"The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man." Charles Darwin

The trail to the beach, pretty sky and a lovely day for the beach.

Our shadow shot on the Lovers Key beach.

A gull and possible Willets.

A Magnificent Frigatebird. Sorry, it is not the best photo but so far it was the only Frigatebird I have seen. 

A Gopher Tortoise

We enjoyed the trail at Lovers Key State Park, the mangroves and birds, fish jumping out of the water and even a Manatee sighting.

An Osprey on it's nest seen from the trail.

"If people were superior to animals, they'd take better care of the world." Benjamin Hoff



My list of thankful things:
I am thankful for all the great park land and beaches in Florida.
I am thankful for all the wildlife and their natural habitats.
I am thankful for the kind people who protect what they love.


I hope you enjoyed my post and photos. Thank you for your visit and comments on my post. Enjoy your day and the weekend ahead!

Thanks to Michelle for the meme Thankful Thursday

I am also linking up to Skywatch Friday, I hope to see you there.
Thank you to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.

Honeymoon Island Beach State Park

Hello,

On Nov 21st hubby and I visited the Honeymoon Island Beach State Park, Dunedin Florida located on the Gulf of Mexico.  They had a beautiful white sandy beach, lots of pretty seashells and of course lots of birds.

A closeup of the Terns.

A pretty sky and white sandy beach.

A Great Blue Heron in the surf.

A large flock of Terns and some gulls.

The beautiful beach, sky and Gulf of Mexico.

Jellyfish and seashells.

Brown Pelican

An Osprey

A Gopher Tortoise

My list of things I am thankful for:

For all the blogs I read and follow.
I am thankful for small acts of kindness.
I am thankful for you here reading my blog.

I hope you enjoyed my post and photos. Thank you for your visit and comments on my post. Enjoy your day and the weekend ahead!

Thanks to Michelle for the meme Thankful Thursday

I am also linking up to Skywatch Friday, I hope to see you there.
Thank you to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.

Saturday's Critters #68

Saturday's Critters #68

Happy Easter Everyone and Happy Passover to those who celebrate.

Happy weekend, everyone!  It's Saturday and it's time to share your critters.. Any kind of critter will do, even a new or old post.. I appreciate everyone who has linked up in the past and for those who are linking in on this week's critter party. And of course I always appreciate my blogging friends stopping by just for a visit.

I am pretty sure this is Florida's Red-shouldered Hawk.

A Gopher Tortoise seen off a trail to the beach.  It is listed as under review in Florida.. Threatened by predation and habitat destruction..

The Gopher Tortoise is known to built burrows for 360 other animals like rabbits, armadillos, skunks, mice, snakes and lizards.

Another shot of the Red-shouldered hawk. I hope your enjoyed my critter post.. Thanks so much for visiting and as always for the nice comments..Wishing everyone a happy Easter Weekend and Happy Passover to those who celebrate.

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks to Tex Theresa aka Tex, I was able to add this link up button and thanks to  Jennifer for creating my photo badge.

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To see more beautiful birds and cute critters, check out these two memes below.

Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.  Also check out Camera Critters. Thanks to Misty for hosting this fun meme.