Lakeland, Florida

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My sunrise shots from Nov 9th, 2016. I love the beautiful colors and reflections. These were taken during our walk to our gym at the clubhouse.

"When you stop and look around,  this life is pretty amazing."

"There isn't a day of my life that I do not marvel at the beauty that surrounds me and give thanks."

I am grateful and thankful for all the time I spend with nature.

I am thankful for the trees that give our environment life. They help to clean the air we breathe.

I am thankful for the birds that sing.

Neighborhood Great Blue heron with a Black-bellied Whistling Duck.

Egrets flying over our local lake.

Red-shouldered Hawk tree topper.

A few more neighborhood distant Black-bellied Whistling Ducks.

I hope you enjoyed my post and photos. Thank you for your visit and comments on my post. Enjoy your day and the weekend ahead!

Thanks to Michelle for the meme Thankful Thursday

I am also linking up to Skywatch Friday, I hope to see you there.
Thank you to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks

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Joining in today with a couple of my favorite memes Michelle's Nature Notes and Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday. I hope you enjoy my wild birds, Florida is great for birding in the winter months.

The Black-bellied Whistling Duck is large and goose-like in shape. They have a chestnut breast and black belly. They have high pitch whistles as they travel. I see they every day in our neighborhood, on the lawn of a home on the lakefront. They fly over my house every morning heading to our lake making their cute whistling sounds. These cute ducks are my favorite duck, I always enjoyed seeing Tex posting about these cute birds at her ranch in Texas.

The adults have those bright pink bills and legs.

The Black-bellied Whistling Ducks are also seen below at my favorite reserve the Circle B.

My Youtube video, one morning at our lake watching the sunrise.

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

EDIT: I accidentally deleted some of your comments on Jan 12th. If you do not see me visiting your post it is because of my error. Sorry.

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

Saturday's Critters #160

Saturday's Critters #160

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. 

These photos are from a visit to the park on Nov 10th. I hope you enjoy.
A Purple Gallinule is a common sight to see at Lake Parker Park.

Next two photos are of the Pied-billed Grebes

Wood Stork

Little Blue Heron

Look up, there's a raccoon waving at us.

Snowy Egret

I hope you enjoyed our walk and the birds.  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!

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.

Hillsborough River State Park

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These images are from Nov 7th 2016, I am way behind sharing my Florida photos. On this day hubby and I visited the Hillsborough River State Park.

Cool looking fungi

The boardwalk trail.

Anhinga about to enter the river.

An alligator resting on the river bank.

A sunset skywatch from our back yard.

My list of simple things for Thankful Thursday:
Sunsets
Walks on the beach
Seeing pretty flowers blooming in the winter
Clear skies to see the moon.

I hope you enjoyed my post and photos. Thank you for your visit and comments on my post. Enjoy your day and the weekend ahead!

Thanks to Michelle for the meme Thankful Thursday

I am also linking up to Skywatch Friday, I hope to see you there.
Thank you to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.

Herons galore

Hello,

Joining in today with a couple of my favorite memes Michelle's Nature Notes and Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday.  I am seeing lots of birds during my stay in Florida, I do miss feeding my yard birds but these Florida wild birds are just wonderful.

These herons were all found at the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland Florida.

The Green Heron has always been one of my favorite herons.

The Black-crowned Night Heron is another favorite.

The Great Blue Herons are a common bird in Florida and at the Circle B.

I hope you enjoyed my wild bird photos and post. 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