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| Today we visited Bon Secour national wildlife refuge. We stopped at the visitor center for a map.We hiked a 3 mile round trip walk to gator lake. We saw no gators. Evidently Hurricane Ivan washed salt water into Gator Lake turning it brackish so all the alligators left. We did see a pied billed grebe and some warblers. The warblers moved too fast but I think I saw a yellow rumped warbler. After that we hiked to the shore. The weather was foggy and overcast. You probably can't see it but in the middle of this photo is a willet foraging for food. Ever since we arrived the sky has been overcast which makes the water and the waves appear to be the same color as aluminum foil. |
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| Here is a small flock of sanderlings. The way they run back and forth with the waves is very endearing to me.We also saw bufflehead ducks, herring gulls and brown pelicans.. |
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| On our hike to gator lake we saw this track. I thought it was a bobcat but the naturalist suspected it was from a coyote. |
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| After a picnic lunch on the beach we explored Fort Morgan, Alabama. This tunnel leads into the star shaped fort. The fort was built between 1819 and 1830. It played a significant role in the Civil War, the Spanish American war, world war one and world war two. |
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