With Valeri Ponzo. I stayed in the car for a work-related phone call while Val searched for butterflies. Val made it back to the car just as the Swallow-tailed Kite kettle (249 individuals) was visible, so we both got to enjoy that. I birded the beach alone for ~15 minutes while Val resumed her search for butterflies. We returned to the car just in time to avoid a thunderstorm. The weather was furnacial: sunny, hot, humid, and with a light breeze. The beach, probably one of the most desolate in Florida, was nonetheless littered with plastics and other trash. We left at 1359 and headed to Bahia Honda State Park.
With Valeri Ponzo. I stayed in the car for a work-related phone call while Val searched for butterflies. Val made it back to the car just as the Swallow-tailed Kite kettle (249 individuals) was visible, so we both got to enjoy that. I birded the beach alone for ~15 minutes while Val resumed her search for butterflies. We returned to the car just in time to avoid a thunderstorm. The weather was furnacial: sunny, hot, humid, and with a light breeze. The beach, probably one of the most desolate in Florida, was nonetheless littered with plastics and other trash. We left at 1359 and headed to Bahia Honda State Park.
With Valeri Ponzo. I stayed in the car for a work-related phone call while Val searched for butterflies. Val made it back to the car just as the Swallow-tailed Kite kettle (249 individuals) was visible, so we both got to enjoy that. I birded the beach alone for ~15 minutes while Val resumed her search for butterflies. We returned to the car just in time to avoid a thunderstorm. The weather was furnacial: sunny, hot, humid, and with a light breeze. The beach, probably one of the most desolate in Florida, was nonetheless littered with plastics and other trash. We left at 1359 and headed to Bahia Honda State Park.
With Valeri Ponzo. I stayed in the car for a work-related phone call while Val searched for butterflies. Val made it back to the car just as the Swallow-tailed Kite kettle (249 individuals) was visible, so we both got to enjoy that. I birded the beach alone for ~15 minutes while Val resumed her search for butterflies. We returned to the car just in time to avoid a thunderstorm. The weather was furnacial: sunny, hot, humid, and with a light breeze. The beach, probably one of the most desolate in Florida, was nonetheless littered with plastics and other trash. We left at 1359 and headed to Bahia Honda State Park.