Osprey on a light pole, Ernest Lyons Bridge.

Daughter Laura and I walked across the bridge and back around noon today, about 2 and a half miles altogether.

Nice views of the Indian River Lagoon from the bridge.

And soaring ospreys.

And a dolphin.

Ring-billed gull loafing on a light pole.

Laura spotted a diving duck and I zoomed in.

Looks like a female Red-breasted Merganser.

A large diving duck with a long thin bill, the Red-breasted Merganser is found in large lakes, rivers and the ocean. It prefers salt water more than the other two species of merganser.

The Red-breasted Merganser breeds farther north and winters farther south than the other American mergansers.

Good eyes, Laura!