An early June walk at Lettuce Lake Park.

On August 4, 2016August 4, 2016 By dinajohnstonIn bird photography4 Comments

I think this is a very young red-eyed vireo.

A prothonotary warbler. They nest here in the summer.

I heard whistling and saw the black bellied whistling ducks on the top of the observation tower, only because there weren’t any people on the tower yet.

I snuck up the first flight of stairs and saw them looking down at me. I didn’t want to scare them off so I went back down and headed away from the tower. After a few minutes someone came down the boardwalk and headed up the tower so they flew off.

Some of the little critters at the lake.

Some young limpkins hiding under a tree near the boardwalk.

SkyWatch Friday

Some new things at the Botanical Gardens

On August 1, 2016August 2, 2016 By dinajohnstonIn bird photography, Florida animals7 Comments

I think these are both a 5 stripe skink. This is the first time I’ve been able to get a shot of one. The top one is a juvenile and the bottom is an adult male.

Tiny critters in the butterfly garden.

My first hummingbird moth sighting. He was tiny and fast. He buzzed in for a few seconds next to a butterfly I was taking a picture of and then he was gone over the bushes. I looked for him for a long time with no luck. At least I got the blurry shots above. These guys are really cool.