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When we left the marina, the weather was looking pretty rough with large
thunderstorms to our south and north. Roberto was able to squeeze us
by one very large storm to our south as we went through Caesar's Creek.
Once passed that storm we had one to the northeast which we also avoided.
We did get rained on but it was not too bad. Miranda and Philip both
did extremely well and did not get seasick! Trey and Roberto/Toe
We had some pretty good birds for basically a half day of birding and
fishing. I even got an A.B.A. lifer which was really nice.
Roberto spotted a white bird flying fast and low to the water to our
southwest. It flew with shallow fast wing beats similar to an Amazon
parrot. We tried to head it off at the pass as it flew very quickly to
the southeast. As we were getting near, the bird alighted on the
water, as soon as I saw it in the binoculars I knew that it was a
tropicbird! We eased the boat closer not wanting to scare the bird, we
needed to know which species. As we got closer I knew that it was a
RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD! The large red bill really stands out at a
distance. Not a lifer for Trey or Toe but an A.B.A. lifer for Miranda,
Philip and me!
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