Cattle Egrets

Happy Monday everyone!

I am sharing one of my favorite birds seen in Florida. We saw many of the Cattle Egrets at the Circle B Bar Reserve near Lakeland Florida. During the breeding season they have pretty tan or golden feathers on their head, chest and back. They are smaller in size compared to the other Egret species. They are all white with a yellow bill and legs.

BTW, I hope Florida and my friends and family there have all safely survived Hurricane Irma. I also hope all my favorite birding spots, birds and wildlife have survived this storm.

If you click on the photo below you can see some of the Cattle Egret below that have the golden colors on their head.

These two Cattle Egrets were seen in Baltimore County Maryland. So they are found up and down the coast during the summer season.

A few more Cattle Egrets seen at a local Florida preserve.  They eat insects on gassy fields.

I hope you enjoyed my Egrets photos and post.
As always I thank you for stopping by and as always I appreciate your comments.

My list of memes for today, I hope to see you there. Thanks to both of the host below.


Thanks to Michelle for hosting Nature Notes

Thanks to Stewart for hosting Wild Bird Wednesday

Lake Apopka, Florida

Hello,

I still have more Florida photos, these are some shots from the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. If you like the birds, this wildlife preserve was wonderful. Beside the Osprey I posted about in a previous post we saw a lot of Moorhens, Barn Swallows, Snowy Egrets, Little Blue Herons, Cattle Egrets, Little Blue Heron and the Green Heron.

The Cattle Egrets were one of the first birds we saw while entering the wildlife drive.

 For Tex's Good Fences I found more Cattle Egrets on both side of the fence.

A Green Heron with an odd look.

A pretty sky scene from the wildlife drive.

A gator on the other side of the fence.

A Little Blue Heron with a crazed look.

I love the cute Barn Swallows, these were seen perched on the wires for my skywatch.

A Barn Swallow sky.

I hope you enjoyed your visit and my photos and post. I appreciate your nice comments. Enjoy your day and the weekend ahead!


Here is a list of linky parties for part of the week, I hope to see you there. I have a few fence and my deck railing for Tex's Party and some pretty sky shots.

Thanks to Theresa @ The Run*A*Round Ranch for hosting Good Fences.
Thank you to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.

Saturday's Critters #138

Saturday's Critters #138

Happy Saturday, it's time to share your critters and post. Any kind of critter will do, even a new or old post.. I appreciate everyone who is linking in with this week's critter party.

I am sharing a pretty Great Egret and a juvenile Common Moorhen seen in Lakeland Florida.

Great Egret by the lake in Lakeland Florida

A juvenile Common Moorhen near the boat ramp. As always thanks for the visits and the nice comments. I also, thank everyone who is linking up and sharing their critters.. Happy Saturday, have a great weekend!

An InLinkz Link-up

To see more beautiful birds and cute critters, check out these two memes below.

Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.  Also check out Camera Critters. Thanks to Misty for hosting this fun meme.

Florida 2016 continues

Hello,

I still have lots of photos from our Florida visit, birding highlights were from Lakeland,  Circle B Bar Reserve and the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. I hope you enjoy!

Great Blue Heron on a fence, Lakeland Florida.

An Anhinga skywatch shot.

An Osprey Skywatch at Circle B Bar Reserve.

A view of the sky and fence at Lake Apopka.

Osprey line up on the electric poles, Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive.

A closeup look at the Opsrey.

 I hope you enjoyed your visit. I appreciate your nice comments. Enjoy your day and the weekend ahead!


Here is a list of linky parties for part of the week, I hope to see you there. I have a few fence and my deck railing for Tex's Party and some pretty sky shots.

Thanks to Theresa @ The Run*A*Round Ranch for hosting Good Fences.
Thank you to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.

Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland Florida

Hello

First I want to thank Maggie of Normandy Life she is the new host of Mosaic Monday. Can you believe tomorrow will be August, where did the summer go?

During our visit to Florida I managed to fit in some time for birding. The Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland Florida is one of my favorite spots. I love the gorgeous trees with the spanish moss and the birds are just awesome. I am sharing some of the scenes and birds we saw there during our short morning walk.

I love the moss covered trees and bottom right corner is a Great Blue Heron.

As I walked on the trail in the photo above this snake crossed in front of me. Thanks to Sandra the Mad Snapper for the id. She told me it is the poisonous Coral Snake. It is a colorful snake, I am glad I used the zoom on my camera.

Coral Snake rhyme: Red touches yellow, dangerous fellow. Red touches black, friend to Jack

One of my favorite herons, the Green Heron seen right off the trail.

The Common Moorhen was seen often, their population must be booming.

Common Moorhen family.

Swallowtail butterfly.  It was a hot day so we only spent a short time at the Circle B Bar reserve but during the short time we enjoyed all these nature scenes.

Here is my list of memes for the week, I hope you can check one or some of these fun memes and the participants post. Have a great new week ahead!

Thanks to Maggie of Normandy Life  the new host of Mosaic Monday

Thanks to Monica for hosting NF Trees

Thanks to Michelle for hosting Nature Notes

Thanks to the hosting team of Our World Tuesday!

Thanks to Stewart for hosting Wild Bird Wednesday

Florida 2016

Hello,

I am back after a trip to Florida and a quickie stop to see my sister's new place near Myrtle Beach North Carolina. I think I managed to take a few fence shots, sky shots and my usual birdie photos. These images are from Lakeland Florida.

Skywatch at the lake.

A neighborhood Limpkin.

A couple of White Ibis seen on the Walmart parking lot.

A nice sitting area near the lake.

Neighborhood Tricolored Heron and possible a Mottled Duck. The Florida birds were very cooperative posing near the fences.

Another view of the lake, palm tree and sky. I hope you enjoyed your visit. I appreciate your nice comments. Enjoy your day and the weekend ahead!


Here is a list of linky parties for part of the week, I hope to see you there. I have a few fence and my deck railing for Tex's Party and some pretty sky shots.

Thanks to Theresa @ The Run*A*Round Ranch for hosting Good Fences.
Thank you to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.