...Ok I missed a couple photos taken
At Tree Tops Park...
I got a better photo of a N. mockingbird...
This one didn't mind posing...
A gentle reminder (above) that...
We're not in "Kansas" anymore...
The park has this nice stand of live oaks...
To the left is a narrow 'stream'...
To the right is a man-made pond...
Several people were arriving to fish...
The pickerel weed grows in swampy areas...
After visiting Tree Tops,
We happened upon Long Key Natural Area...
(Not Long Key State Park)
A real nice, 124 acre nature 'preserve'...
Including a pond with soft shell turtles...
And pretty white pond lilies...
And what appeared to be giant swallowtails,
That wouldn't pose for the camera...
Leaving the park, we watched an osprey
Land on this branch...
I have since seen several osprey
Along I-75 while driving thru
The Big Cypress Nat'l Preserve...
Also in barren tree tops near the osprey,
Was this imm. anhinga...
At first I thought it was a cormorant...
I'm really hoping to get a good shot
Of a female anhinga eventually... (has yellow coloring)...
Also saw many of those along the BCNP...
And belted kingfishers...
And hawks...not sure what kind.
