Circle B Bar Reserve Oct 29th

Hello,

"Always believe something wonderful is about to happen." unknown

I am sharing a sunrise from our neighborhood on Oct 29th, more birds from another Circle B Bar Reserve and some fences for Gosia's European Good Fence meme.

Neighborhood Eastern Phoebe on the fence.

Neighborhood Belted Kingfisher on the dock railing.

Circle B Green Heron on Oct 29th

Circle B Tricolored Heron

Circle B Bar Reserve Osprey

Neighborhood sunrise and some fences around the boat house.

I hope you enjoyed my photos. Thank you for your visit and comments on my post. 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.


Thanks to  Gosia for hosting European Good Fences.
Thank you to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.

Lake Parker, Lakeland Florida

Hello,

We have been finding some great parks and lakes in Lakeland Florida for our walks and birding. On this day October 19th, we visited a local park in Lakeland called Lake Parker.

This is the first Good Fences or European Good Fences hosted by our new host Gosia @ Good Fences by Gosia Welcome and big thanks to Gosia.

  For my skywatch, I have the sunrise at our neighborhood boat house. The boat house also has some good fences to keep people from falling into the lake with the gators.

On the same day Oct 20th as the sunrise above I have this moon capture. I am way behind sharing photos.

The White Ibis seem to be a common bird all over Lakeland Florida.

It was a pretty sky and a  great day for a walk in the park.

The White Ibis were all over the place. In this photo below you will find a fence behind the picnic pavilion for the Good Fence meme.

We are also seeing a lot of Purple Gallinule, they look similar to the Common Moorhen.  One difference is the color on the bill. The Purple Gallinule has three colors the red bill tipped with yellow and the light blue forehead.

Pretty park scene and sky reflection.

I was wondering is anyone beside me unhappy with Blogger's new dashboard. Why do they have to go and change a good thing. I was happy with the old look.


I hope you enjoyed my photos. Thank you for your visit and comments on my post. 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.


Thanks to  Gosia for hosting Good Fences.
Thank you to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.

Merritt Island NWR

Hello,

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 I wish everyone in the USA a very Happy Thanksgiving. I have much to be thankful for and I hope this Thanksgiving you too have plenty of reasons to give thanks. Speaking of giving thanks, I also want to thank Theresa for being such a great host with the Good Fence meme. Theresa has always been a wonderful blogger and always there commenting on my blog and on everyone's blog. Theresa and her blog post will be missed, I am still hoping she pops in once in while with a new post. Theresa, I wish you all the best.

These images are from Oct 27th, a visit to Merritt Island NWR and Canaveral National Seashore. The mosaic below are from the trail at the Merritt Island NWR visitor center. We left early enough we stopped at Cocoa Beach for the sunrise.

BTW, if you are in the Florida area the Space Coast Birding festival  is happening on Jan 25th  thru the 30th. The festival sounds like a great time, especially for the birders. Check out the link for all the activities planned.

We saw some pretty colors in the sky, pinks and greens. It looked like a sundog but different.

The boardwalk trail at the Merritt Island NWR visitor center. I like the reflection of the boardwalk fence.

We saw a lot of Little Blue Herons.

A mixed flock of White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbills and Egrets were feeding in this one spot.

 I have more images from Merritt Island NWR and will share them on one of my critter posts. I hope you enjoyed this series. Thank you for your visit and comments on my post. 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.


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

Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive Part II

Hello,

I wanted to share some more photos from our visit to the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. It was a pretty day weather wise and a beautiful sky, lots of birds and a few gators.

For Tex's Good Fences, the entrance sign at the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. I am not sure what these grasses in front of the sign are called, but they are pretty.

A view of the lake and sky.

A cute Pied billed Grebe

Red Shouldered Hawk

Great Egret

The Great Blue Heron with his dinner, same bird and fish as in my last post. It took a while for the heron to eat this fish. This heron walked around for awhile turning the fish around different ways in his mouth before it was finally swallowed.

Sunrise from the neighborhood.

As always, I hope you enjoyed my photos. Thank you for your visit and comments on my post. 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.


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

Lakeside Sunrise

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We try to have a daily routine a walk and a workout at the community's fitness room. On this day we were up early to see the sunrise over our lake.

On one of the neighbors pier, a Great Blue Heron, maybe two Snowy Egrets and a Great Egret.

Sunrise over our lake and a Great Blue Heron on the boat house.

A Palm Warbler on the fence.

Neighborhood Sandhill Cranes

Sunrise at our lake.

A zoom of the Great Blue Heron.

I hope you enjoyed my photos. Thank you for your visit and comments on my post. 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.


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

Hello,

Can you believe it is November already, time is just flying by.
I am sharing some photos from our first visit to Circle B Bar Reserve. Since arriving in Florida we have been to the Circle B Reserve a few times. I can tell it will be one of my favorite places for a birding outing and walk.

My Osprey sky shot.

A Limpkin, one of the common birds seen at Circle B

A view of the pier at Lake Hancock, my fence shot for Tex's Good Fence meme.

A view of the sky and lake. This is Lake Hancock seen from the trail at Circle B.

A pretty Great Blue Heron with the mossy trees.

I love these moss covered trees. Circle B Bar Reserve is close enough to our place, I am sure we will be visiting often.

Back in our neighborhood, two Little Blue Herons standing on the dock fence.

Sunset over our lake.

 I hope you enjoyed my photos. Thank you for your visit and comments on my post. 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. Also, I want to mention visiting Jerry's blogs @ As the crackerhead crumbles and Sitehoundsniffs


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

Lakeland Florida

Hello,


You all know me by now, I have more birds and images from my part time neighborhood. Mostly birds, fence and sky shots to share from Florida. These are all from our walks around the neighborhood.

There are 4-5 Sandhill Cranes that are residents, this crane family must live here year round.

My sky shot with a few White Ibis in flight.

A view of the lake and boat pier.

A Tricolored Heron on the boat dock.

A neighborhood sunset



I hope you enjoyed my pic's. Thank you for your visit and comments on my post. 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.


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

Florida, October 2016

Hello,


I may not be blogging as much in the near future. I've been busy and trying to have some fun times. But, I have some images from Florida to share, I hope you enjoy.  The moon, Little blue heron on neighborhood watch, possible Palm Warbler, Purple Gallinule on neighborhood watch, moon and skywatch over our lake.

Thank you for your visit and comments on my post. 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.


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