Thank you, I also found the name deceiving since I don't think they go near the cold snow areas. Perhaps the white plumage more to help reflect the heat and sun, or maybe look like a cloud from below the water to camo them from their fishy prey.

Liking the new home very much. Getting mostly settled in now. It is so very nice to be back in the sunshine, regardless of the temp. We didn't realize it until down here a while, but that constant gloom and rain/clouds/snow in Vermont was definitely depressing for us. I suppose maybe if you're into winter sports it may be different, but we are much more outdoors and watersport people.

There are certainly a LOT of other transplants down here, at least where we are, and will happy to join the ranks of the special folks. Certainly a lot more friendly folks here than they were up north, even though there seems to be a lot of previously northern New York, Jersey, etc. transplants where we are.