Then off we drove to Honeymoon Island State Park. There's a causeway over St. Joseph's Sound leading to Honeymoon Island. Along the causeway we saw shore birds feeding along the edge of the water including Short-billed Dowitchers, Yellow Legs, Dunlin, plovers and sandpipers, gulls and terns. We only had about 1 1/2 hours to explore before the park closed. First stop was the beach which was all shells and no sand but the shells were really neat so we had to collect some of them. Then it was off to the Osprey Trail for a hike. There were some Ospreys but there were lots of Gopher Tortoises feeding along the path. There were also 2 turtles fighting each other. What fun to watch! We saw a Kestrel from a distance. I wish we'd had more time but maybe someday I'll get back there.
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