On a Thanksgiving Day trip to Fort Desoto we encountered this sign as we were about to cross the wooden footbridge to North Beach. Of course I wanted to see an actual Piping plover, since I can’t recall ever noticing one before. Not that I’d been looking or anything, but since they are here, I ought to […]
Fort Desoto County Park is one of the Nation’s top birding locations. In addition to having lots of permanent resident bird species, many migratory species stop by the park on their way to other more exotic locations. On Thanksgiving Day we took a drive out to Fort Desoto Park–it’s only 30 minutes from our house–and took a […]
[Photo taken on North Beach at Fort Desoto Park, right on Bunces Pass] I love this photo because of the way the Skyway bridge asserts itself so significantly. This beautiful bridge is a link between Pinellas County and Manatee County. It is the only practical route for me to take when driving back to my […]
