20230218_132339.jpgMap of the Boyd Hill Nature Preserve |
IMG_3224b.jpgThe boardwalk just inside the preserve |
IMG_3229b.jpgThere was a creek running through the property to Lake Maggiore. |
DSC_5564b.jpgRed-bellied Woodpecker |
DSC_5568b.jpgA Black-and-White Warbler found a moth. |
DSC_5575b.jpgBlack-and-White Warbler |
DSC_5578b.jpgBlack-and-Warbler Warbler
Yellow feet |
DSC_5584b.jpgNorthern Parula |
DSC_5593b.jpgNorthern Parula |
DSC_5595b.jpgNorthern Parula |
DSC_5596b.jpgNorthern Parula |
IMG_3231b.jpgCypress tree 'knees' |
IMG_3235b.jpgSteve, ahead on the trail |
IMG_3237b.jpgCove of Lake Maggiore |
IMG_3241b.jpgGreat Egret in the water |
DSC_5600b.jpgGreat Egret
In a cove of Lake Maggiore |
DSC_5610b.jpgPalm Warbler |
DSC_5618b.jpgSnowy Egret |
DSC_5623b.jpgWhite Ibis |
DSC_5626b.jpgCommon Gallinule |
DSC_5627b.jpgApple Snail eggs
Snail Kites' like the snails |
DSC_5632b.jpgTricolored Heron |
DSC_5634b.jpgThe Snowy Egret wanted the juvenile Little Blue Heron's spot. |
DSC_5635b.jpgSnowy Egret (L) and juvenile Little Blue Heron (R) |
DSC_5638b.jpgThe Snowy Egret has yellow feet. |
DSC_5648b.jpgSnowy Egret |
IMG_3247b.jpgThis was unusual--a heron sculpture out in the lake. |
IMG_3248b.jpgHeron sculpture in Lake Maggiore |
IMG_3250b.jpgMary caught this Snowy Egret using the sculpture as a perch. |
DSC_5666b.jpgImmature White Ibis |
DSC_5674b.jpgMyrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler |
DSC_5678b.jpgThe Anhinga did not seemed bothered by the young American Alligator. |
DSC_5684b.jpgTricolored Heron |
IMG_3251b.jpgSteve, on one of the trails that ran along the lake |
20230218_150724.jpgSteve, along the edge of Lake Maggiore |
PXL_20230218_183150946b.jpgSpiny-backed Orb Weaver spider |
PXL_20230218_200703972b.jpgLyreleaf Sage
(Salvia lyrata) |
IMG_3254b.jpgTropical Milkweed
(Asclepias curassavica) |
IMG_3255b.jpgLake Maggiore |
IMG_3256b.jpgLake Maggiore, with the St Petersburg cityscape in the background |
IMG_3257b.jpgTrail along the edge of the lake |
PXL_20230218_203345606b.jpgWe 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. |
IMG_3260b.jpgYoung American Alligators |
DSC_5690b.jpgDuskywing moth |
DSC_5694b.jpgMourning Dove |
DSC_5701b.jpgPalm Warbler |
DSC_5703b.jpgRed Tasselflower
(Emilia fosbergii)
per iNaturalist |
DSC_5707b.jpgNanday Parakeets |
DSC_5709b.jpgI guess the parakeets knew the Osprey was a fish eater. |
DSC_5710b.jpgOsprey and Nanday Parakeets |
DSC_5714b.jpgThis Belted Kingfisher was on a small snag in the Wax Myrtle Pond. |
DSC_5715b.jpgJuvenile Red-shouldered Hawk
Flying from a tree near the end of the trail back to the visitor center |