Trails are too buggy and the Bay is pretty rough from the wind so we set out to explore some of the near-road ponds where lots of birds are nesting. The gangly yet graceful wood storks entertained us quite a while at Paurotas Pond.  They are building nests and pairing up which seems to lead them to make some pretty weird sounds.  There are Ibis and herons of various types.  What make it the best?  It was a breezy open viewing area with nearly no mosquitoes so we could actually hang out a while and watch.

A cormorant managed a catch a fish almost too big to swallow. He flipped it and turned it every which way, all the while paddling across the lake and even had to spit it out and start over a couple times before he actually managed to swallow it. He worked hard for his lunch today.