Summer heat with crabs, herons and butterflies

The little Fiddler crabs look like turquoise gems skimming through the grass when you walk along Tracey's Boardwalk at Baytown Nature Center.

Here are some sights from a walkabout on a hot late-August day.

Rain has been in the forecast for the past three days. Maybe today those predictions will come true.

Great Blue Heron on patrol.

Little Sulphur butterfly on the move.

Checking out a Florida beach

Some sights from a quick trip to Florida.

Dania Beach, which becomes Hollywood Beach if you keep walking, gets more crowded around midday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bold Royal Tern was on beach patrol.

There were several Portuguese Man o' War along the water line before the beach cleaner rolled through.

When I find a rock with a whole all the way through, I put it in my pocket.

At Anne Kolb Nature Center at West Lake Park, the Mangrove swamp is the star.

 

 

The Tree Crabs we spotted looked like big ticks.

A view from the tower.

Along the boardwalk there are hundreds of Fiddler crab holes.

Sometimes in the distance you can see White Ibis feasting on the crabs.