My morning....

 "I used to love night best

but the older I get

the more treasures

and hope and joy

I find in mornings."

 ~Terri Guillemets

Even though it was cold (56 degrees F is cold for here)

I bundled up and went for a drive a few morings ago,

to see the sunrise over the bay.

Below is a White Heron (great egret).

He was out fishing for his breakfast.

There were a few of these herons around  the dock,

but too fast for me to get a good picture

of 'the catch'.

Before I knew it they had caught a fish,

and swallowed it.

They hunt very slowly and methodically,

but once they see something,

they are extremely fast.

Docked boats on the Laguna Salada (salt lake),
one of the fingers off the very high saline Baffin Bay.

A faded and old, yet functional, purple martin house.
Purple martins will return to the same nesting site,
year after year.  Purple martins can live
up to 13 years, if they're lucky.

A new roadside memorial...

These handmade memorials were erected to honor loved ones who died near or on a highway in an unexpected and sudden manner,
usually from a car accident.
Very common here.

This is the

Crested CARACARA.

He is also called a

Mexican Eagle.

He is actually part of the

Falcon family of birds.

Very common here.

Large bird ....

23 inches tall and 50 inch wingspan.

Below was the mornings

waning crescent moon.

May you touch dragonflies and

talk to the moon.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne