Well I'm back in the park after our brutal cold snap. For those of you who don't live here please don't laugh to hard. For the past 2 days I had to wear long pants and socks. I even turned the heat on in the condo the past 2 mornings and wore a light jacket last evening for a trip to World of Beer. I know I wont get much sympathy from those of you that have a real winter but for us it was cold (33F). Some of the tomato plants in the Community Garden look to be damaged but the rest look OK.

The Logger-head Shrike greeted me as I entered the park this morning. He was singing not a normal thing for them to do.

 The Red-shouldered Hawk was doing what most of the birds I saw today - Perched in the sun trying to warm up.

 The little gator and Anhinga were at the bridge to the Nature walk. I was surprised to see the gator. I thought it was to cool for him.

I think this is a ruby-crowned kinglet.

 The Great Blue Heron is building a nest in the Australian Pine on the north side of the recycled products bridge. You can see it without binoculars. He is making a lot of noise while constructing the nest. I thought someone had put a large dog on the island.

 This is a palm warbler. I've seen a couple of times the past week in the rushes along the boardwalk near the marina.

 The coot was working the water around the marina.

 These are the flowers of a plant called the mother of thousands. There are several of these in bloom in the Fragrance Garden.

Another shrike. There  are a pair of them along the path at the north end of the Bermuda Field.

As most of the birds were doing today this cormorant was basking in the sun.