I hadn’t been to Chinsegut Wildlife Area in Brooksville in over a year. I was hoping to see some migrating birds but since this year has been mostly a bust that didn’t happen. It was cloudy when I first got there but the clouds moved on quickly.

I saw lots of butterflies on the trail including a common buckeye, many zebra swallowtails and a skipper.

The local sandhill crane couple came by for a snack. They usually have almost grown babies with them but a ranger told me they only had one this year that got hit by a car.

Red headed woodpeckers are common here but I still take a ton of pictures of them because I don’t see them around where I live often.

A bluebird was working a nest.

A towhee couple were in the feeder area behind the nature center. I see them often here during spring migration.

Another common bird here is the great crested flycatcher.

Zooming in I could still see the moon.

Everything was dry since we were still in a drought mode. The 2nd shot is the lake. Where is all of the water?

Blooming in white included morning glories and magnolias.