While the flowers are hidden in the fog, you can really see the spider webs.
The fog was pretty thick during my trip to Circle B Bar Reserve in late December. It usually burns off by 10 am but this particular morning it was still around when I left at noon.
At least you can still spot the gators on the trail.
A limpkin family walking down the trail in the fog.
Hiding behind a tree.
Cruising by with a snack.
Baby face.
Lots of limpkins at Circle B Bar Reserve in late December.
As I walked down Marsh Rabbit Run trail, I heard the black bellied whistling ducks yelling. It’s rare that they are quiet in the morning so I didn’t think anything of it. Then they all started to fly away and I saw on the right of the trail what scared them away.
The alligator got half way across the trail and then backed down into the water. I waited a while before heading on. Maybe he decided there was too much traffic on the trail to cross.
Other stuff along the trail.
Looks like he was close but was actually in the middle of the lake. Cropped in.
A foggy start to the morning but ended up being a beautiful day in early December at Circle B Bar Reserve.
The reserve was covered in fog when I first walked out on the trails in early March. I could hear the sandhill cranes calling out but could not see them very well.
After the fog lifted, I saw several on my walk.
Spider webs blanketed the trails.
The usual residents.
A bittern close to the trail.
It can look dark and foggy early in the morning but it doesn’t stay that way long in early spring in central Florida.
On foggy mornings you can really see the spider webs. You don’t notice them when the sun is out. Everything is covered in them.
The light was bad but it was fun to walk around in the fog. At least it looked like winter even though it didn’t feel like it.
The cypress trees are starting to turn colors (it finally looks like fall here) but the little one was completely covered in webs. I’m not sure if that will kill the tree.
I was driving over to Lakeland in early January to walk at Circle B Bar Reserve. The sun was just coming up in Tampa and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. The closer I got to the park, the foggier it got. I was bummed thinking the light was going to be bad for taking pictures. It was challenging to get any bright shots but it was cool to see the reserve all covered in fog. It felt like I was in a different place. The fog eventually burned off some time after 10 and the sun came out.
It was a foggy morning at Circle B Bar Reserve when I headed out on the trail in late January. The above tree is usually filled with birds. Not a one in sight.
Almost as thick as pea soup. It was very humid even though it didn’t feel warm.
It looked like Alligator Alley trail was the foggiest. People were still heading down the trail in the fog.
You can really see the spider webs on a day like this.
A tribute to Alfred Hitchcock. A tree full of vultures across the marsh.
Female red-winged blackbirds along the trail.
“Run Forrest Run!” says the black bellied whistling duck across the marsh in the fog.
I didn’t realize how the sides of the trails were full of spider webs.
A sandhill crane out in the marsh. This is where they nested two years ago in March but they were just cruising by the morning I was there.
The sun was finally starting to peek through after an hour. It turned out to be a nice day even though I felt like I was walking around in a shower. Everything was wet from the fog and humidity. When I left Tampa earlier that morning the sun was coming up bright. The farther into central Florida I got, the worse the fog got. At first I was crushed that the sun wasn’t out but it was kind of cool walking around in the fog. The reserve was full of people like it usually is in the winter so it wasn’t like I was alone. By 10am there were traffic jams on the trails.
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