February 4, 2023
Day devoted to birdwatching, or at that was the intent at outset. Went to Botany Bay and drove the tour, under the arches of live oaks and beautiful expanses of marsh. The marsh near the beach gave us egrets and a stork. The beach is a sculpture garden of monumental driftwood. People position shells on the white twigs and branches. In every still pond we looked for alligators, but found none. Either they are mythical or chilled to a stupor. The day was bright and cold. At times on the beach it was too cold, and I looked longingly back toward the parking lot. At various moments, an osprey, a tern, several placid crowds of black vulture. Masts near the restaurant where we ate lunch each was crowned with a shag.
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