We have not been around this rookery for a while. Monsoon season and it’s close so we stopped by.
As expected nothing happening until this Great Blue came in.
He headed right to an old nest in a small tree. I’m thinking it’s home sweet home.
Heat and humidity were high so perhaps this was a familiar resting place for the bird.
Along the shore in the morning.
The wet sand and blue water made a nice contrast.
This is the end of a successful stranding. The Dolphin is holding the fish and rolling back into deeper water.
A Dolphin will catch fish as they charge to shore as well as on the sand. I have seen one eat several before finishing the roll back.
No more than 3 feet (1 m) from shore. You can see the wake hitting the sand. Please…no toes in the water.
There is a slope here which is why Dolphin swim on shore catching fish. Funny thing was a few minutes before someone had asked about ever seeing sharks in the water. They were told no.
I am standing on the waters edge so I can see the shark dorsal and unique shark gills.
Enlarge the photograph above to view shark gills.
I moved along with him to get this angle so I could document how close to shore they are hunting now.
I repeat from other articles… never dull out there.
This photograph did not fit in the page header here. While not a huge fan of the ‘square’ format sometimes it’s the best fit for the subject.
This is another strand feeding by Dolphin that included a brazen Pelican. Consider an adult Dolphin can be 13 feet (4 m) long and the Brown Pelican is 39.4-53.9 in (100-137 cm). No contest.
The shore here is a series of steep slopes and small inlets. I was able to capture this from a spit of sand up the shore. Pelicans will follow the fish and land where they think the Dolphin will be. Very clever and several of us have watched them land right where the action is about to start.
Click, or double tap, any image to view the gallery of the Pelican and Dolphin.
These shots were waiting in my ‘to do’. As always I could not pass up these photographs.
There is a house about 1/2 mile away, down this dike dirt road. Do they take a walk at night after dinner?
Poor light but it does help accent the white bird.
