Easter, April 2015

April 2015, Celebrating Dad's 90th Birthday in Ohio

April 10-14 I was in Ohio to celebrate my dad's 90th birthday.  My sister, Trish, and I enjoyed spending time with my brother, Jim, and his family and ...... 6 cats, 3 dogs, 4 sheep, 2 new lambs, a donkey, AND a momma pygmy goat and her new little kid.

We even went to the Columbus Zoo, the largest zoo in the country.

My dad felt well loved and said this was the biggest cake and biggest party he'd ever had.  (We shared cake between services on Sunday morning at his church and he loved being celebrated!)

Here are some highlights....

Back to Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Always eager to see something new I went back to Wakodahatchee Wetlands hoping to see my first woodstork chicks. And I did!  I also saw tricolored herons sitting so close to the boardwalk I could look into their nests and count the eggs (all four!).  The great egret also had a second egg. The great blue herons were busy catching fish for their chicks.  As another treat I saw TWO American bitterns (who have some of the best camouflage in the bird world), a limpkin, a marsh rabbit (in the marsh), a sora, black-necked stilts, alligators, a snake, and so much more. Here are some of my favorite pictures...