I don’t hate foggy dreary days. It’s the only time it feels like winter here in central Florida. I’d rather it not drizzle though when I’m out walking around with my camera. I got to the Roosevelt Wetlands in late November when it was foggy but as I started walking down the trail it starting to drizzle (or spit as my Dad used to say). I just put my hood over my head and kept walking.
I could see a bunny up ahead on the trail in the middle of the goldenrod. Most of the goldenrod was starting to fade here.
There was a redhead duck couple swimming away from the usual mallards, coots and moorhens. They stayed on the other side of the pond.
In the middle of the pond a coot was being chased away by some moorhens.
The grackles were keeping the anhingas company on the dead snag.
Even without the sun shining on him the grackle was showing off his pretty colors.
A female grackle also looking pretty on the alligator flag (thalia) plants.
I can’t ignore the blue gray gnatcatchers.
A sora rail was hiding in the reeds along the bank.
It drizzled on and off while I was there. The sun was trying to peek through the clouds when I was leaving.
A loggerhead shrike was sitting close to the trail. He was a little wet.
The sun was about to come out on the way home so I stopped at Possum Branch Preserve for a quick walk. It was pretty quiet but there was a lone redhead floating in the main pond.