Map of the Boyd Hill Nature Preserve

The boardwalk just inside the preserve

There was a creek running through the property to Lake Maggiore.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

A Black-and-White Warbler found a moth.

Black-and-White Warbler

Black-and-Warbler Warbler
Yellow feet

Northern Parula

Northern Parula

Northern Parula

Northern Parula

Cypress tree 'knees'

Steve, ahead on the trail

Cove of Lake Maggiore

Great Egret in the water

Great Egret
In a cove of Lake Maggiore

Palm Warbler

Snowy Egret

White Ibis

Common Gallinule

Apple Snail eggs
Snail Kites' like the snails

Tricolored Heron

The Snowy Egret wanted the juvenile Little Blue Heron's spot.

Snowy Egret (L) and juvenile Little Blue Heron (R)

The Snowy Egret has yellow feet.

Snowy Egret

This was unusual--a heron sculpture out in the lake.

Heron sculpture in Lake Maggiore

Mary caught this Snowy Egret using the sculpture as a perch.

Immature White Ibis

Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler

The Anhinga did not seemed bothered by the young American Alligator.

Tricolored Heron

Steve, on one of the trails that ran along the lake

Steve, along the edge of Lake Maggiore

Spiny-backed Orb Weaver spider

Lyreleaf Sage
(Salvia lyrata)

Tropical Milkweed
(Asclepias curassavica)

Lake Maggiore

Lake Maggiore, with the St Petersburg cityscape in the background

Trail along the edge of the lake

We crossed paths with a couple of young women who told us they'd found an adult alligator with young ones at the end of the trail they had been on. After a little searching, we found them.

Young American Alligators

Duskywing moth

Mourning Dove

Palm Warbler

Red Tasselflower
(Emilia fosbergii)
per iNaturalist

Nanday Parakeets

I guess the parakeets knew the Osprey was a fish eater.

Osprey and Nanday Parakeets

This Belted Kingfisher was on a small snag in the Wax Myrtle Pond.

Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk
Flying from a tree near the end of the trail back to the visitor center