RV and Limpkin

The Fort Myers RV show is being held in a colosseum a few miles from here. Took in the show Thurs., never saw such a bunch of old folks in one place, however expect we are older than most. Had trailers and motorhomes from $12K to 1/2 million for sale and folks were buying them, went back today and got another chair. Nita had a hard time adjusting her zero gravity chair so had to get something she could handle, got to keep that young gal happy.

There is a interesting bird here called the Limpkin. It is a unique species somewhere between a rail and a stork. It wanders around the water edges looking for Apple Snails, these are large native snails and the Limkin has a bill that can pull them right out of their shell, you see these empty shells all around. And are these Limpkins noisy, very wild sounding, loud scream or wail. The exotic sounding call has been used as a sound effect in old Tarzan movies, I can remember those old movies and those jungle sounds, little did I know that those sounds weren't African jungle sounds but recordings of Florida Limpkins. If you want to hear what they sound like go to the web site below and click on the sound button on the bottom.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Limpkin/sounds




Limpkin searching for dinner




Apple Snail shell




Handsome and Grackle




As Nita describes me at times, self portrait?
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