From the Ocean to the Wetlands~

It was a wonderful journey to Florida in February and I have enjoyed sharing the images, but this post will end series.  I hope that you who have joined me, have enjoyed them.  

This past week was my daughter's huge event for Be Strong and the STOP bullying crisis.  I will be sharing the images for that and newsy news from it next week at this time. 

I will allow the labels and images to form the story~ 

Remember to double click on the first image, to view a larger slideshow presentation after                                                                you have read the narratives~

I am joining in the fun with Eileen at:

http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/

Saturday's Critter

Anni at:

http://id-rather-b-birdin.blogspot.com/ 

I'd Rather Be Birdin'

 Linking to I'd Rather B Birdin'

    

Maggie's  MOSAIC MONDAY

                                              https://normandylife.blogspot.com/

& 

Stewart for:

http://paying-ready-attention-gallery.blogspot.com.au/

Wild Bird Wednesday

Anne Kolb Nature Center~

Tri-colored Heron

Great Egret~

Grebes, Whistling Ducks and Common Moorhens~

Final Entry From My Florida Journey Last Month~

Spanish Moss gives the trees a magical quality.

When I visited my youngest daughter Ashleigh and her husby last month,  they blessed me by taking me many places to see the beauty as well as see birds that I had never seen before.  Florida sure is the place to go birding.  My husby was born in Miami and we lived there as well as Boca Raton for a brief time, but never had I had the opportunities to see birds like I did on this visit~

For those who celebrate the season, may you and yours have a blessed Easter.

http://youtu.be/fa8w7mGug0c

Remember to double click on the first image, to view a larger slide show presentation after you have read the narratives~

I will be linking up with Judith for:

www.lavendercottagegardening.com

Mosaic Monday

&

Stewart for:

   http://paying-ready-attention-gallery.blogspot.com.au/

Wild Bird Wednesday

The colouration of the juvenile White Ibis above was quite stunning to me~

What a surprise as well as a special treat.  We had been walking along the boardwalks through the Wakodahatchee Wetlands near Boynton Beach, when something moved from under heavy camouflage...yikes it was a beautiful American Bittern, a very elusive bird, shown above and throughout this blog post~

Above was another beauty, a Purple Gallinule.  None of these birds had I ever seen before this journey by the way, so it was all quite thrilling for me~ 

Another name, actually a folk name for the American Bittern is Thunder Pumper~

Where so many of these birds live, there are also Alligators~

A Glossy Ibis above~

Common Moorhens were at several of the marshland areas where we visited~

An adult White Ibis~

Common Moorhen

I think that my son-in-law stood with me for at least 15 minutes, watching this Bittern hunting~

Along with the beautiful assortment of exotic birds for me, we saw lots of alligators, snakes, large water turtles and iguanas along the banks and in the water~

Boardwalks took you through the acreage called Wakodahatchee Wetlands, for a wonderful view of nature at it best for the amazing birds and all other wildlife.  

BTW...there were no entry fees for this park~

Can you see the baby alligators too?

We saw 2 different kinds of iguanas at the wetlands area~