We know it’s winter in central Florida when the coots show up at our ponds. It looked like they were eating the grass they pulled up from the bottom of the pond.
I was up on the observation tower at Chesnut Park when I saw this osprey in the trees across the boat canal. The spanish moss has taken over these trees.
The spatterdock was blooming under the boardwalk.
The trees around the lake were finally turning colors in late December.
The bald cypress trees and red maples were finally showing off. We do get a fall here in the Tampa Bay area, just not until some time in December. This year it was really late.
The view from the top of the tower.
