Photo Diary: Madeira Beach FL and the "Chicken Church"

Madeira Beach is a typical little Florida beach town, one of a gazillion that line up along the shores of Pinellas County. But one uniquely-amusing place here is the Church By the Sea, popularly known as the “Chicken Church”.

Some photos from a walk in Madeira Beach.

For those who don't know, I live in a converted campervan and travel around the country, posting photo diaries of places that I visit. I am currently in Florida for the winter. :)

Madeira Beach

Like most beach towns, it’s filled with bars, seafood places, and gift shops

The beach

Shorebirds taking a snooze

Laughing Gull in winter plumage

This shell was drilled into and eaten by a predatory Whelk

These folks from New Jersey were hunting for shark’s teeth

Today’s finds

The Church By the Sea

The tower looks pretty ordinary ...

… until you look at it from the correct angle

Once you’ve seen that Chicken Head, you can’t un-see it. So now I laugh out loud every time I pass the church.