The Birds of Burnt Store

        According to local history there was a trading post in the mid 19th century; almost at the mouth of the Caloosahatche River that had been on an old Indian trail. It was used by the the Calusa Indians, Hernando De Soto, and eventually by the US Army during the Second Seminole War. The trading post ended up burning down at some point during a late night raid of the fort and general store by a Chief Chekaika (or Billy Bowlegs depending on the account you read) and 160 Seminole warriors. The trail became known, after that incident, as Burnt Store Road.
        The Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Buffer zone state park which is undeveloped land, backs up against this two lane county Rd numbered 765.  This is the way I drive back from Cape Coral most days, just to see what I come across.  

Over the past week these are a few of our feathered friends that I have encountered on my way home from work in the afternoon.