In Sawgrass Lake Park
Bird Life
Fauna & Flora
Wild Life
(Photos by RSheridan)
Tag Archives: Sawgrass Lake Park
The Sun Dance
Of the Anhinga
Lord of the Dance
Guard Duty
Blending In
(Photos by RSheridan)
Happy Exploring!!!
Bird Curious
Watching the Birdies
Anhinga
This Anhinga was funny to watch doing its bird dancing!
Grebe
Love the circles these birds make in the water.
Heron
Gator
There is a balance between the birds and the alligators. A nesting bird in gator territory has built in security in the gators keeping away egg thieving bandits like raccoons and opossums.
Catching Some Rays! (Photos by RSheridan)
Are You Bird Curious or A Bird Watcher? Love to Hear, Please Share!
Watching the Wild
At Sawgrass Lake Park
This is the place to walk on the Wild Side and see the Florida Natives! Saw Plenty of Bird Species and oh so much MORE!
Finally a Limpkin Sighting Again!
Ibis
There were plenty of Ibis to Spot!
One . . .
One, Two, Three . . .
One, Two, Three, Four and Five . . .
Egret
Heron
Look at the Pompadour!
Fish
Turtles
A Sunbathing Gator
Warm on Top, Staying Cool Underneath
A Unique Sighting – A Raccoon Out in Broad Daylight
Mama Gator and Her Babies
Fauna & Flora
(Photos by RSheridan)
Happy Exploring! What Have You Spotted Lately? Love to Hear, Please Share!
What Can You Spot?
At Sawgrass Lake Park
There is a lot of blending with the natural surroundings going on and it keeps you on constant lookout! You know there is always something worth looking at when a crowd forms in a particular spot along the boardwalk!
Gators
Fauna
Birds
Flora
(Photos by RSheridan)
What Have You Been Exploring? Love to Hear, Please Share! Happy Exploring!!!
Mama Gator
Sawgrass Lake Park
“Mama Gator”
Ready for her closeup!
Her Babies
Closeup of her babies. (Photos by RSheridan)
Happy Exploring!!!
Walking On
The Wild Side
In Sawgrass Lake Park again. Can you tell I like to go here to explore and adventure.
The Wild
We encountered a gentleman on the boardwalk and he introduced us to Mama Gator. He stated she has about 24 babies. I saw one of the babies.
Mama Gator
Mama Gator
The Flora
Holly
Lantana
These are Beauty Berries
The Unusual
I could not figure out what species of bird this was, so I sent a picture of it to the local Audubon Society to help me identify.
Let me introduce you to a Limpkin. Looks like a cross between a crane and a rail. However, this wading bird does not have any close relatives. I got to see not 1 but 2 Limpkins! These birds are usually solitary.
An unusual bird of southern swamps and marshes. These birds like to eat apple snails hence the shape of their long bill to extract the snails from their shells. This bird enters into Florida and Southern Georgia to satisfy its dietary requirement for apple snails.
I encourage you all to do an internet search for the “Limpkin Call”. Its screaming call is like a haunting banshee wail. This bird was too busy searching for food, so it did not make any noise when around it. In my research I found out these birds mainly call at dawn or at night. I cannot imagine traipsing through the swamp at night and hearing this bird scream – gives me goose bumps writing that!
The Fauna
The Birdlife
Egrets
Heron
Ibis
Moorhen
The Exotic
Do you see the snake?
(Photos by RSheridan)
Have You Taken A Walk On the Wild Side? Happy Exploring & Adventuring!
Exploring
The Exotic
Gators
Finally found the gators at Sawgrass Lake Park!
Turtles
Anhingas
Herons
(Photos by RSheridan)
Happy Exploring!
Sawgrass Lake Park
The Green Of Nature Is Calling
Sawgrass Lake Park. Open every day from 7 a.m. to sunset.
Sawgrass Lake
400 acres of maple swamp!
- Education center
- Boardwalk and nature trail
- Observation tower
- Birds (Herons, egrets, ibis, wood storks, etc.)
- Gators
- Fauna and Flora
- Butterflies and Insects
There is a mile-long boardwalk to keep visitors out of the water and away from the gators.
Birds
Anhinga
Egrets
Heron
Fauna
My FAVORITE Photo!
Flora
Gators
Need to go back because the gators were hiding!
No Gators Basking in the Sun!
Insects
This grasshopper was big as well as colorful.
Close Encounters With the Creepy! These spiders are true engineers with their web building – WOW!
Lizards
Scat
A raccoon was here.
Water
Loved the reflections!
(Photos by RSheridan)
Happy Exploring and Becoming One With Nature!
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