Birds of Kissimmee Florida

Our trip to Orlando for the dog show resulted in some excellent bird watching!

A Great Blue Heron

 A gathering of Ibis for Saturday bath

A Pair of Sand Hill Cranes

Sand Hill Cranes snacking on ants

This fellow feeds the birds

What an assortment of birds: Wood Storks, Ibis, Sand Hill Cranes, Grackles and Starlings

Wood Stork

Notice the juvenile Ibis in the lower right hand corner (he's not all white, yet).

These birds were no more than 6 feet away from us and the dogs in the car. What a treat!

AKC National Championships In Orlando Florida

Though we were not in the top 5 Wheaten Terriers and did not receive an invitation to this event, we attended the show at the Orange County Convention Center. It is a huge venue with confirmation, agility, dock diving and vendors.

Here's some of the booty winners will receive

This is one of 2 pools used for dog dock diving

 This is the first Wheaten to qualify for dock diving

We ran into lots of friends and acquaintances, Kathy Timmons, Barb & Jeff Davis, Jack Cotter and Tucker, Linda Hallas and here is Robin running agility with Whimsy

There really are dogs beside their handlers in a toy event

Can you ever have too many Wheaties? There were 30 being show on Sunday

Linda Hallas showing Spicy

Kathy Elliot in the center 

This shows a variety of tail length and coat colors

A display at the Breed Meet and Greet

A view of the many breed displays

This does not appear to be a Norwegian Elkhound. Thought Helen and John would appreciate this.

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St. Augustine Florida

We took a drive south to St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. We specifically came to see the "Night of Lights".

This is Flagler College built by Henry Flagler, a co-founder with John D. Rockefeller of the Standard Oil Company who spent the winter in St. Augustine. Among other achievements he built hotels and he brought the railroad to Florida.

 This is a live heron in the courtyard of the Lightner Museum

 Christmas decorations in front of some B & Bs