River Breeze Park

River Breeze Park has a lovely quiet setting with a large dock that extends out into Mosquito Lagoon. At low tide there is a good view of shore birds on the exposed mudflats. Although we were not there at low tide, it was still an interesting visit.

Watch out Glen! Actually it's just as well that this black vulture is somewhat nervous and is not guarding its carrion food.

The nugget of information that I gleaned today from my Tuesday morning bird watching guide is that although the legs of a vulture look white, they are not really white. (You might not read the rest of this.) As they are eating they are "pooping"on their legs. However, because their droppings are high in acidity, they are very effective in killing bacteria.

Although a vulture will not attack, it can become very aggressive if it is guarding its food. Its projectile vomiting is something you would then not like to encounter. If the vulture starts hissing, beware!

Is Norma the food it is guarding?

The tide was just beginning to go out.