Lakeland

A little over halfway between Orlando and Tampa there is a place called Lakeland. If you go to Lake Hancock there is a beautiful Nature Reserve called Circle B Bar Reserve. It is best to go around breeding season for the birds which would be around March sometime. Here you will see all the Florida wading birds and I got to see my first White Pelican.

Note….. All the following photographs are my own. Taken with my Nikon.

Ibis

Ibis

White Pelican

White Pelican

Tree Duck

Tree Duck

Blue Heron

Blue Heron

Egret

Egret

Not a common site. White Pelicans.

Not a common site. White Pelicans.

It was amazing to see White Pelicans but to see them in formation was fantastic.

It was amazing to see White Pelicans but to see them in formation was fantastic.

What a sight!

What a sight!

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They all settled down at the same spot! So how do they feed?

They all settled down at the same spot! So how do they feed?

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This gator was filmed by someone and put on YouTube.