No travel this week—I spent the entire time on Pine Island.

Pileated Woodpeckers
One of my favorite places to walk the Kids in the morning is behind the St. James City post office. It borders one of our Calusa Land Trust preserves that is the home to nesting eagles as well as all sorts of other critters. I spent about an hour after dawn one morning photographing pileated woodpeckers—what fun! Here is my favorite shot of a very active female.



I also took a short video of a male chowing down on insects (49 seconds). Visit my online gallery to take a look. Lesson learned: Try as I might, it is really hard to hold a telephoto lens steady shooting video! Next time I’ll use a tripod.

Post Office Pups
I took a couple of shots of some other regular canine visitors to this location (see a shot of both Kimoni and Ginger along with “Biking Pup” under Pups Across America below).

Neighborhood Walks
Here is a shot I took of an osprey down the street. Also, check out another neighborhood pup, Bucky, below.



Memorial at Sea
Saturday there was a memorial at sea for our good friend and neighbor Frank. Several dolphins escorted the boat over to the waters of Picnic Island for this celebration of a damn good man. Here are a few images.



Pups Across America
Out behind the Pine Island post office I got a few quick shots of Kimonee and his cousin Ginger. A regular site in St. James City is Biking Pup. I shot this as he and his master whizzed by us behind the post office.



While walking the streets of St. James City, I snuck a shot of Bucky. Of course I had to include a pic of both Mitzy and Jerry.



Painterly Pups
Casper was over to our place one day and our pup, Pelé had to check him out, of course. Here is the painted version.



Come back next week for some more pup pics and Pine Island action.