Madman Loc: Gulf Coast, Florida USA

As mentioned in his post, Nimbushopper and I joined forces yesterday to enjoy the lovely waterfowl at these lakes in downtown Lakeland. There are regular siteings of Mandarin ducks there, however, they have eluded me for a long time. Photos of them have appeared here over the last few days, so I thought now is the time to get there. Gary and I have talked about getting together - he had not been to these lakes before, so plans were made. An a success it was! I had a great time with a new friend and got the photos I'd wanted.

I will likely post twice as there were a lot of beautiful birds, bugs and flowers to capture.

Hope you enjoy.

Black Swan

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Mallards in Flight

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Wood Duck

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Pied-billed Grebe

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Limpkins

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Common Shelduck

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Great Blue Heron

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Mandarin Duck (Male)

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Mandarin Duck (Male)

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Boat-Tailled Grackle (Male)

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Beautiful

Sylvias Loc: North Yorkshire England

Excellent variety and captures Larry, seems you both had a very productive day!

Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast

Just beautiful...and what a wonderful variety!

angela k Loc: Long Island

Wonderful set, Larry and glad you and nim enjoy the day together... from the looks of your photos, it seems every bird was willing to pose for the both of you!!!

Madman Loc: Gulf Coast, Florida USA

[quote=jerryc41]Beautiful[/quote..
Thank you very much Jerry. Glad that you looked in and liked my photos.

Madman Loc: Gulf Coast, Florida USA

Thank you Sylvia. We had a good time and will do it again - maybe with you next time!

Madman Loc: Gulf Coast, Florida USA

Thanks Dixiegirl for looking in and your kind comments.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Very nice, Larry.

Madman Loc: Gulf Coast, Florida USA

Thank you Angela. We did have a very enjoyable morning. These lakes are in the very middle of the city of Lakeland. Lake Morton is a very beautiful park with statues, fancy street lights, an area for performing arts and an arboretum. It was designed by William Levitt (I think I have the name correct.) He's the guy that developed Levittown! Next time I'm there, I take some wide angle photos. People go there to see and feed the birds, jog, walk the dog and just hang out. Some people actually bring cameras to take pictures! The birds are not fearful at all of humans as they are accustomed to handouts.

angela k Loc: Long Island

Larry, it sounds like a perfect place especially to go with a camera.... and who would have thought the person who developed Levittown is now in Florida!! I also live in a Levitt home and I'm out in Coram!
I'd love to see some wide angle shots, so plan another trip!!

Madman Loc: Gulf Coast, Florida USA

Well, I hate to admit this but my facts were all wrong! It is Mirror Lake that was designed by a 'Leavitt', Charles W. specifically. Not William H. of Levittown fame. Here is a link - hopefully it was fact checked better than my 'story'.

https://www.tripsavvy.com/lake-mirror-park-1513941

I'm sure that your modern Levitt home is much nicer than the original $6995 mass produced houses built in the '40s. I had family years back that lived in the originals.

Sylvias Loc: North Yorkshire England

Sounds great Larry.

docshark Loc: Millersville, PA

This is one first rate set Larry. Love the color and lighting. Excellent detail in every one. Fine work.
-Doc

angela k Loc: Long Island

Hahahaaa, I would think that's an easy mistake to make...... Larry, we did do a lot of work on our house, but let me tell you, my friend lives in Levittown and most of the houses have gone throught quite a bit of renovation, expanding up and making them into McMansions!!! So not a bad deal if you bought at the $7,000 mark!!

Thanks for the link.... I'll give it a look!