
POLK COUNTY CIRCLE BAR B RESERVE
MILES OF TRAILS ON WHICH YOU FIND ALL KINDS OF WILDLIFE: ANIMALS AND FLOWERS.

A HERON STIRS ITS REFLECTION

HERON
WHAT PEACE THERE IS IN SILENCE!

BEAUTIFUL COLORS OF GRAY AND BLACK
ANHINGA AT POLK CBB

LIMKIN
POLK CIRCLE BAR B

LIMPKIN

MOTHER AND YOUNG OFFSPRING WATCH FOR FOOD

WHITE SWAMP MILKWEED
ON MARSH RABBIT RUN

WATER HYACINTH
INVASIVE AND DAMAGING TO THE ECO SYSTEM

UNKNOWN BLOOM

LIMPKIN PREENS ON A TREE LIMB

A "LOPEZ PICKERS" BLOOMS.

LIMPKIN ON MARSH RABBIT RUN TRAIL

THE FOLLOWING ARE A SERIES OF SHOTS
N THE WATER NEXT TO THE TRAIL AND THIS ALLIGATOR CAME UP OUT OF THE WATER WITH A TURTLE IN ITS MOUTH...

ZOOMING IN CLOSER
IT LOOKED LIKE THE TURTLE WAS REALLY TRYING HARD TO ESCAPE

HE WENT DOWN UNDER AND CAME BACK UP AGAIN
LOOKS LIKE IT GAVE THE TURTLE MORE OF A CHANCE TO ESCAPE THE JAWS OF DEATH.

LAST SHOT BEFORE THE GATOR WENT INTO GROWTH IN WAT

BUTTERFLY ON MARSH RABBIT RUN

COMMON GALLINULE
REMINDS ME OF THE GREEK MYTH OF NARCISSISM. HE FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS REFLECTION.
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