We Saw Dolphins from the Beach!

Daytona Beach, Florida - A place famous for its beautiful  beaches and motorcycle bikers!

But this past few days, we saw more than that!

The week we were there, it happened to be a motorcycle show/ convention and a lot of bikers were in town.

We saw rows and rows of motorbikes parked everywhere. If you are a fan of motorbikes, you would have been in heaven with all the different models of bikes on display.








We enjoyed visiting Daytona and loved its natural beautiful -  the abundance of pristine beaches, oceanfront shorelines, the wide variety of wildlife, especially birds of different species and colours.

Wherever we went to places where there was water,  we could expect to see birds of different kinds.











These birds were not afraid of people and did not fly away immediately when they detected the presence of human.














They stayed still at where they were and held their ground as long as possible.

If you have an interest in birds,
Daytona is a great place to observe birds of different kinds.

 This little fellow on the left stood on the pole for the longest time while we were walking towards it closer for some good shots.

It never moved nor did it pay much attention to us. Staying still for this long could easily turn themselves into dinner for predators close by. We wondered why these small birds and fowls were so fearless of larger animals who might be lurking somewhere.

It was relaxing watching birds and observing what they were doing,

But nothing compared to the excitement of dolphin sighting!

We never expected to see dolphins from where we were - walking along the shore in a beach park close to the city,  looking out to the water.

We saw a few dolphins ( free of charge)  at a beach park in Daytona

Standing on the quieter side of the Daytona Beach where few people were nearby, we were pleasantly surprised to see a few dolphins swimming right in front of us!

First we saw the rapid undulating movement of the water and knew that something large was swimming under the surface.

It was awesome to see parts of  a couple of dolphins flying by on the water. They could really swim!!! 

We saw half of the dolphins' tails above the surface of the water for a few seconds but my camera was too slow to catch them on film before they swam out into the ocean beyond the catch of our camera lens.

It was thrilling to come so close to the dolphins in their natural habitat! We were in the Boston area a few years ago and paid $40.00 to go on a special boat tour yet we did not even come this close to any dolphins or whales.  This time we paid nothing and saw these graceful sea creatures flying by in front of our eyes/

 Other animals we saw often were squirrels scurrying around and again did not mind our presence.

We could go pretty close and got some good shots of this two squirrels in the park.


R.T.
Daytona, Florida, USA