On top of the tower, I found this hat and glasses, just sitting there.



Each corner of the tower has a hand carved wooden decorations and on the lighter side.....


How could the dolphin afford to buy a house?
He prawned everything!



on the tower was this solar panel, we have no idea why, maybe electric outlet somewhere on the tower.

I AM TAKING THE WEEK END OFF TO CATCH UP ON HOUSEWORK AND A LITTLE R & R
C U ON MONDAY

 Robinson Preserve - All in a Row from the top of the five story tower.





On top of the tower there were these two men in there chairs with laptops and walkie talkie radios. After straining my ears to hear what they were saying, because i was chicken to ask them....


I figured it out. I was told there have been two men flashing women on the trails, these guys were tracking and talking with a female on the ground, when we left there was a police car hidden in the bushes. SOOOO, I have deducted they were doing a sting. Just a guess but I think I am right. (I always AM! right I mean)


If you have a minute, pop over to see Jake in the shadows on my OTHER BLOG

What we saw on the path to the tower



The view under the tower....

 Four views of the tidal basin from the top of the tower.


A tidal basin is land that was not covered by the tides, but is man made to accept the tides. Robinson preserve was a 487 acre farm left to the state by the owner, with instructions in his will that it would  be  turned into a tidal basin to preserve for the Eco system and to create a bird preserve.


 NO, I did NOT look straight down, I shot the below straight down by standing back and shooting blind.


Below are shots of the tidal basin from the ground. For more info and a slide show on the Tidal Basin CLICK HERE

I am joining SOOTC today, All Photos today SOOTC (out of the camera, no edits) Above photos were taken in bright sunlight from the top of the below tower. You can see it was bright and blue skies. the Silvery Moon effect was cause by shooting INTO the sun.


The amazing thing is the fact MadSnapper who is afraid of heights climbed to the top. I assure you  I never got close to the rail I was holding the camera out straight armed a foot back so i could not see straight down.  The Above photos taken with point and shoot Nikon. the tower is 40 feet high and the path was another 40 feet from the bottom of the tower.
Guess what Hubby was doing???

These are all from the order of Circoniiformes, which include cranes and herons. I have not clue which these are, but TexWisGirl will tell you when she reads this. I took these when they first opened the preserve.

UPDATE: TexWisGirl came through with the names. Above and below is a Juvinile Night Heron.. that means he is a Teen Heron.



and above and below is a Reddish Egret...

Boo! from PicMonkey fever

Robinson Preserve Boardwalk

 Thursday All In a Row, photos taken in 2008 the week they opened to the public and  before I started blogging, I found these when adding the new preserve pics....



Sandra TIP.... in the produce department, when opening a plastic bag for your produce, don't lick your thumb but rub it on the milk jug or on a  bag of frozen veggies, the bag will open easily and NO germs.

View from the tower

Join Pat at View from the edge, for Thursday, all in a row

Robinson Preserve Tower