Fossilized Reef/etc.

With another wet weekend in Erie County, PA, time for a brief diversion back to Florida @ Crandon Park, Key Biscayne. From the Nature Center, head north-ish on the Osprey Beach Trail. At the bike path, keep heading north on the Fossilized Reef Trail until the mangrove boardwalk:

This ends at the fossilized reef observation platform, with very nice views of, yes, the fossilized reef + Bear Cut (channel between Virginia Key and Key Biscayne) + Miami Beach + Atlantic Ocean.

Bear Cut
Fossilized Reef + Miami Beach
Atlantic Ocean

Also birds! Here, one adult and several juvenile Black-bellied Plover:

RTIF (Royal Tern in flight):


Great Egret
Detail
Osprey @ Osprey Beach Trail

Now it’s back to the beach adjacent the Osprey Beach Trail:

View towards Key Biscayne town
View back towards Miami Beach

Great to see several American Avocet:


Mixed shorebirds

Mixed Sanderling (l) & Dowitcher (r):


Piping Plover
Crandon Park main beach
Willet 3x in flight
White Ibis by Nature Center
Final view of fossilized reef + Miami Beach