Paper Starfish

Thanks Dee for getting this started. South Carolina gator:

This little guy must be a baby or teenager - the ones we normally see here are larger. We take nightly golf cart rides here at the beach house and usually see 10 or 15 gators per ride!

Friday Foto is almost over for the week but I'm getting mine in! We're still on beach time so my blogging is a little slack!

This sweet little nest is in a tree right outside our back door. The mommy cardinal sits on the nest until I come out to check on my garden but she's never far away. This is the best picture I could get without disturbing her too much. There are three eggs in the nest. Counting the days until we have babies!

edited to add: Okay, now I'm thoroughly confused. Mr Starfish and I see the female cardinal sitting in the nest, the male cardinal lingering around and the blue eggs. A quick Google search shows that cardinal eggs are white with brown speckles. What gives? Any birders out there?

We moved into our house last August and have a large backyard. It's been nice to see what has bloomed over this first spring and summer!

The baby robins have hatched (they are robins - LOL!) but are still in the ugly phase. I'll watch the nest for upcoming FF possibilities!

Aaaarrrrrr!

This is the flag currently flying at the beach house and this is our view from the porch. My father in law has a good sense of humor and the grandkids love it!