Tiny critters at the park.
Creepy critters at the park.
Pesky squirrels at the park (I don’t know who thought that was a “Squirrel proof” feeder. It was hanging next to the nature center.)
Pretty prothonotary warblers at the park.
Just a few things from my walk in late August.
Prothonotary warblers nest at this park so you can usually find a few around the boardwalk.
Creepy wasp nest.
Butterflies and a dragonfly along the boardwalk.
A very young bird. I think this is a blue gray gnatcatcher. I’ve heard they nest near the nature center here.
A titmouse being cute as usual.
Saw this gator chomping on a fish.
Pretty green lizards.
Another reason to stay away from the squirrels. The bottom pictures shows a big sore near his back. This is a botfly bite. I won’t gross you out with the details. It doesn’t kill the squirrels but is probably just very itchy and annoying. Eventually it should heal. I see these sores a lot on the squirrels in the summer.
A fancy lunch left over by the limpkins.
I think this is some type of cicada. He was making a lot of noise for such a tiny bug.
Pretty in the swamp.
All from a July walk at Lettuce Lake Park.
An osprey with fast food on the go.
Only cardinals were going to the feeder at the nature center.
Hummingbirds were buzzing in between the feeder and the fire bushes.
Every once in a while they would stop to rest and clean their beaks.
The usual critters hanging around the boardwalk.
A few things on my Saturday morning walk in late April.
The northern parulas were looking pretty in their bright colors.
There’s always a few yellow-rumped warblers around right before spring.
I found one in the pond.
Carolina Wrens were showing off.
A green heron trying to hide.
Just a few things at Lettuce Lake Park in north Tampa in early March.
Sometimes these little guys are just too cute to not stop and take a shot.
Mr. Anhinga showing off for the ladies.
You can usually find prothonotary warblers all year here.
Warbler with a bug. I’m thinking this is a northern parula since I was hearing them there.
The juvenile limpkin that hangs around the boardwalk.
Creepy spider on the boardwalk. You have to watch were you are walking.
The usual alligator next to the observation deck.
The usual stuff at Lettuce Lake Park in mid-October.
It’s peak dragonfly season.
Lichen growing on top of apple snail eggs on top of an old cypress knee.
This mom moorhen had her feet busy with these two late babies
A red winged blackbird hiding in a fir tree.
An anhinga posing for me.
A few things on a recent walk at Lettuce Lake Park.
This phoebe was too friendly not to stop and take his picture.
A juvenile little blue heron sees something in the water.
A limpkin was close to the boardwalk.
Grackle shining in the sun.
The little blue heron was moving around the boardwalk. By next summer he will molt and his new feathers will be all blue.
Another phoebe.
A black and white warbler hanging upside down.
Nothing new at Lettuce Lake on a recent Saturday morning.
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Is it fall yet?
Butterfly
Weird things hanging off the fir tree.
End of summer.
Extremely cropped. A bee eating a dragonfly or the other way around?
The boardwalk was covered in creepy spiders.
Green on green.
End of season.
Fir in the swamp.
Taken with my phone. Sun peaking through the trees on the trail in the early morning.
More from my hot steamy walk at Lettuce Lake Park.
The first thing I saw when I got to the boardwalk was a swallow-tail kite flying by. I heard they were nesting across the lake. I would need a canoe to even get remotely close.
A great blue heron flyby.
Juvenile night heron along the boardwalk.
A white eyed vireo.
I thought this was a brown thrasher but the grey eyes are throwing me off. Brown thrashers have orange eyes. Any ideas?
The swamp was full of these flowers. They were growing in the shade.
Built in Christmas ornaments on this fir tree.
Is that a yawn?
Another bunny.
He was on the side of the road. I pulled over and took these pictures before leaving.
I hadn’t been to Lettuce Lake Park in months. The lake was full and the swamp under the boardwalk was full of water. I saw very few wading birds. I heard a lot of northern parulas all over the park but they were all high up in the trees. No sign of the barred owls this trip. I’ll keep looking.
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