Har har, Bill!

Ooh, love that picture!

We say this about Eastdowne Road in our neighborhood . The deferred maintenance keeps the speeds down 😳. Also makes it bone rattling to ride the bikes on. No palm fronds though.

That speed bump is crazy! So glad Dodie is okay.

Cringe!!

At "least..."
I think so. :-)

Could also be ants. I have seen similar in Trinidad.

https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/71239364-azteca-ant-nest-hanging-tree-tropical-rainforest

A variety of giant spider lily (Crinum)

https://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/bulb/crinum-lily/

Nice shot! Sandpipers are impossible. I’m thinking these are western sandpipers instead of leasts, based on leg color - they’re black with westerns and yellow-green. They look very similar otherwise, and both are possible sightings down there.

This seems more like one to me. He seems a bit large and thick billed, but maybe that’s just the angle of the shot. I don’t see a better fit.

Poor thing! Where’d his beak go?

Oh, one more thing - Dotie’s right. These are different than your gulls back home. laughing gulls don’t make it north of Mexico on the west coast.

:-)

That was my first thought on looking at the photo, but I don’t think so. It’s too far from their normal range. I think it’s a non-breeding laughing gull. The Grampies should like this because they were hoping to see a laughing bird. They found one, but it’s a gull instead of a falcon.

Good to have an actual birder helping me out! Thanks!