On May 5, ten Friends boarded a pontoon boat on the Alafia River to join Barbara and Dave Howard for a tour of the Alafia Bank CWA islands to see nesting birds. In addition to being “our” Friends, Barbara and Dave are also active members of Friends of the Tampa Bay Wildlife Refuges–a group very worthy of our support. During the boat tour, our group saw nesting Brown Pelicans, Ibises, and Roseate Spoonbills. They also saw Oystercatchers, Great Blue Herons, Little Blue Herons, Cormorants and other shorebirds. After a lovely couple of hours on the river and bay, they enjoyed lunch together at Jerry’s Dockside. We can’t thank Barbara and Dave enough for continuing to make this tour available to us!