Titusville - Black Point Drive

 

You can just see part of one eye and an ear peeking out in the center of the photo, he’s eying me!

Every so often we take a drive through the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge which usually includes Black Point drive. The birds were out in droves today, more so than many of the days we passed through. I met  one lady who was a local that had a spot where you could see a Great Horned Owl nest. The spot from the road was only about five feet wide, any farther to the right or left would not let you see the nest. She knew exactly where to stand. I planted myself there and took the top photo. You can see the owl peeking out behind a branch. You can just see part of one eye and an ear. 

Birds of a feather , flock together… 

The air was still so there were great reflections off the water. As always, there were plenty of ducks. They seemed to gather together more so than the other birds. 

Some interesting reflections

We now plan to leave Titusville on Wednesday morning. If the Donald Ross bridge is not operational, then we’ll go outside along the coast to bypass the bridge. It’s been down since 1/6, a very long time to have the ICW blocked for sailboat traffic, over 105 boats are waiting for the repair of the bridge.