We've seen yellow-crowned night herons before, when we were purposely out and about looking for birds, but this is the first one I've seen on our Canal. I really expected it to fly before I could get my camera out. But instead, he seemed to want to pose for me. Is this...

We stopped to check out this Osprey nest just outside of the Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island. At first we spotted only this guy: With those wild eyes and disheveled feathers he looked like he'd just woken up. I wondered if he was alone in that big nest. And then his mate emerge...