Little critters at Lettuce Lake Park in late October.
Little birdies.
A quiet morning at Lettuce Lake Park in October.
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Beauty in the fog
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.
Plants and baby ducks at Lettuce Lake Park
Some of the many plants at Lettuce Lake Park.
I caught a quick glimpse of a black bellied whistling duck family. They were passing through under the boardwalk and headed into the swamp. They paused for a few minutes and I snapped the above. The babies are so cute. They look like little bumble bees.
After work walk at Sawgrass Lake Park
Little critters.
Swimming critters.
A scarlet tanager high up in a tree with a snack and a pair of doves that were flirting.
A squirrel eating a branch.
Stopped by Sawgrass Lake park after work in late May for a quick walk before heading home. I didn’t expect to find too much but the scarlet tanager was nice.
Cute and creepy critters.
Some little critters.
Some medium size critters.
A big critter eating a slightly smaller critter.
A few smaller critters out in the marsh.
Fun critters in the fog at Circle B Bar Reserve.
Here Kitty, Kitty
I had just walked out on the trail and was looking at the big group of people farther down the trail when something caught my eye. One of the rarely seen bobcats was slowing walking right down the trail towards me. When he realized I was standing there he darted into the bushes.
I looked backward and he came out farther down the trail. At first I thought I was just going to get butt shots but he turned around to inspect something for a few seconds then darted back into the bushes again. It was just a fleeting moment. These were all taken with my 300mm lens and are extremely cropped so he was pretty far away.
Lots of slow movers out this morning.
I don’t see many of these big silk orb weavers like I did several years ago.
Empty apple snail eggs liter the marsh. Limpkins eat these.
A fun walk in early December at Circle B Bar Reserve.
Blooming in the rain
Plants and flowers on a rainy day at Circle B Bar Reserve.
In the woods
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.
In the fog – Skywatch Friday
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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