feedmecams down until 6/22/2009

Well I’m down in Sanibel Island, Florida, and I set the cam computers up with remote control software before leaving. However, something has knocked the power out on all the cams on the pole so they’re dead-in-the-water until I get home. I suspect the squirrels chewed through the power cable again and kicked a breaker. The nightvision cam is the only cam that’s still on because it pulls power elsewhere.

Bummer but I brought my bird book down and have been having fun identifying shorebirds. So far I’ve seen a lot of Magnificent Frigatebirds (90″ wingspan!, longest wingspan in proportion to weight of all birds), Little Egrets, a Great Egret, and Ospreys–one with a fish in talons that was almost as big as the Osprey. We’re headed to Ding Darling State Park, so I’ll have some pictures to post later in the week.

UPDATE: We had a lodging/transportation malfunction so didn’t make it to Ding Darling this trip–apologies…long story.

Ding Darling State Park
“The refuge is part of the largest undeveloped mangrove ecosystem in the United States. It is world famous for its spectacular migratory bird populations.”