Corkscrew Swamp

Black Vulture

The sanctuary has all types of habitat.  These trees are alive, even though
to me they appeared dead.
It is weird to see the trees in Florida shed their leaves.

 Pileated Woodpecker.

Turtle,

Okay, I don't know the name of this one!

 Great crested Flycatcher

He decided to sit while everyone around took his picture.

It is like in the movie "Sunset Boulevard",  "I am ready for my closeup".

By the time I left, this was the list of birds and animals sited that day.  I left about 2:00 in the afternoon. A lot of them I did see.  It is neat that they have people post what they saw.

My great capture for the day.  Painted Bunting.
He too was posing just for me at this feeder, no one else was around.
The sanctuary had feeders in two different areas.  I did see at least one bird
at each location.  Someone has reported 4 of them being seen.

This "swamp" has a 2.25 mile walk, which I did do.  It is quite

interesting. There is a swamp habitat that the wading type birds can live.

This was an enjoyable place to visit.  As the day moved along there were

more people on the boardwalk.  The whole areas pathway was a boardwalk.

I have added to my life bird list.  

There is an organization "Ebird" where you can list the birds you have seen.

It counts each time a new bird is added.  Even though you may list all the different

birds you see at one time, in one area, it keeps track if you add a new one.

At this location it was the painted bunting.  It is a way for me to keep track of what 

types of birds I see.

Hope you are having a great day.  I certainly am.

Mary