The Adventures of Kerri & Matt

There were vultures at El Cuco.

They were photogenic.

They did not have babies

But Kerri still took a lot of pictures

Even though they’re not cute

Or even particularly pretty.

But don’t tell them that

I wouldn’t want to be on their bad side.

They hung out at the estuary

Scavenging stuff

We’re not really sure what

Their beaks always seemed to be empty

And they certainly didn’t seem happy

So maybe they weren’t very successful

Which must be frustrating

Even ugly things shouldn’t be hungry

As long as they’re not trying to eat me

A vulture wouldn’t try to eat me would it?

It had snails to peck at.

This is a cute bird

It is looking for snails

To eat

Or maybe small fish

It is definitely a hunter

Even though it is itty bitty

This is a different itty bitty bird

That is also hopping along the shore

Hunting snails

And small fish

There may be more than two kinds of bird in this post

Kerri is way too busy to check

And if she looked it up and told you this was a black beaked brown butted sandpiper

You wouldn’t know what that was

And we’d have to tell you

It’s a small bird that hops along the shore

Eating snails and small fish.

El Cuco had herons

Some looked like the ones at home.

But some were different.

They also had egrets.

With yellow feet that apparently look like fishies to fishies

You would think that fishies would know better.

This is another funny looking heron.

This pelican is not funny looking

He is looking at you

And you are not funny.

This looks like a small bird but it’s not.