Living here has been absolutely amazing!  We have been  in awe of the wildlife we see right out front of our door! Both of us have a love/curiosity about nature and animals.  Just today we saw anhinga on the sea wall drying off, we didn't see her right away but she let us watch her for a while without flying off.  We knew it was a girl due to her brown head (males have a black head and neck).  On a side note, anhingas are a diving birds.  Their feet are placed so far back that it is hard for them to move on land, but this allows them to move very quickly under the water.

As well as amazing birds we also have fun with a variety of reptiles on top of our own gecko.  On that note this is our crested gecko! 

 He is less than a year old and hopefully won't meet the other geckos in our apt.  We are working on a project of IDing the dolphins that come into the cove.  Here is a picture of a juvenile playing with bait fish.  Mike is leading this front pulling on his experience from working at Dolphin Research Center. We are focusing on noticing distinctions on their dorsal fins and scaring.  

 

Lastly we love being able to catch our own dinner!  Here is gulf founder that Mike caught the other night.  I haven't figured out how to catch them but Mike is turning into a pro.  He lets his bait (shiners we catch) sink to the bottom near the sea wall and he catches them!  Here is a before and after picture.