A May Bouquet of Flowers and Birds

. . . SPRING ALONG THE GREAT LOOP

Here's our gift to you -- photos of the flowers in bloom and birds migrating or nesting that we've seen this May. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.

Honeysuckle, Osprey Marina, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Shasta daisies, Deep Point Marina, Southport, North Carolina.

Gaillardia, Deep Point Marina.

Coreopsis, Deep Point Marina.

Oooh-la-la! It's springtime! Laughing gull pair 

shares a post, Deep Point Marina.

A solitary laughing gull, laughing, Deep Point Marina.

A pelican gets its fish, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.

God must love cormorants because he made so many. A cormorant dries its wings, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.

Osprey building a nest, near Osprey Marina, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Osprey in its nest, near Osprey Marina.

A migrating ibis, Deep Point Marina. Its bill and legs become red in mating season.

A swallow uses the pool as its own fresh water pond, Deep Point Marina.

Bald eagle, on ocean inlet marker near Bald Head 

Island (no joke), North Carolina.

The eagle from the side. We see them so rarely that

it's a thrill when we do.