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.
Also birds! Here, one adult and several juvenile Black-bellied Plover:
RTIF (Royal Tern in flight):
Now it’s back to the beach adjacent the Osprey Beach Trail:
Great to see several American Avocet:
Mixed Sanderling (l) & Dowitcher (r):
