The Old and the Restless

There are 3 gopher tortoise holes behind our Dollar General store. When the weather hits 80 F, they come out to sun. Two of the holes contain 2 tortoises each (which Sandra had never seen before). Carole and Roy visited us for a week. Here they are on the trestle on the Cross Seminole Trail ... ... and out for a beach walk. You put your left foot in ... sanderlings doing the "hokey pokey" on the beach! A snowy egret glides along the shore ...   ...flies overhead ... ... and comes in for a picture perfect landing! The tiny brown face behind the bushes belongs to a screech owl. Sandra heard it for days on her birding walks before she was able to see it low down just feet away.