Tiny critters at the botanical gardens

Posted on August 1, 2022 by dinajohnston

I think this lizard was flirting with me at the Botanical Gardens in Largo.

Tiny critters were buzzing around the butterfly garden.

A few of the butterflies in the butterfly garden. I was expecting to see many more than this. I didn’t see any yellow ones. I keep saying I am seeing less and less of them every year. I wonder if it’s all of the spraying that is being done. Spraying for invasive plants, spraying for mosquitoes.

A soft shell turtle swims by under the bridge. I was only able to get his funny shaped head in the shot. He almost blends in with the brown lily pad leaves.

A young moorhen walking around the spatterdock lilies in the pond.

A few of the flowers blooming in early June.

Just getting out of the house

Posted on September 7, 2020 by dinajohnston

Was I being watched? I noticed all of the different art faces that are on on the trees at the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo.

Pretty things blooming in July.

Little critters.

You can usually find alligators, bunnies and turtles at any park in the area.

It was a quiet morning for birds though. I’ve been working from home since mid-March so I’m still trying to get out of the house on Saturday mornings for a long walk even if the wildlife is scarce this time of year.

Tiny crawlers and pretty plants at the Botanical Gardens

Posted on April 10, 2018 by dinajohnston

All taken in at the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo in late January.

Linking to Wednesday Around The World.

Lots of flowers at the Botanical Gardens

Posted on July 24, 2016 by dinajohnston

More flowers from my new favorite close-by Largo Botanical Gardens. Something is always in bloom there.

Life thru the Lens at Lisa Kerner~Simply Living Photography

Pretty colors in Florida

Posted on July 21, 2016 by dinajohnston

All taken at the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo in early June.

SkyWatch Friday

A mostly white bird post.

Posted on February 23, 2015 by dinajohnston

Snowy egrets in the wind.

Fishing in knee deep water.

Snowy egrets ignoring the great egret that showed up.

White ibis with a dirty beak.

A reddish egret that is all white ( white morph version). Not common but there has been one hanging around Fort Desoto for a while now.

He’s got a pretty face.

Looking for fish.

Another cormorant with a hook in his beak. There was a guy at the pier that was going to try to catch him but the cormorant was still flying pretty well.