Monday, January 30, 2017

Magnolia Park at Lake Apopka

Our home in Central Florida...
We live in what looks and feels like a rain forest (especially when it rains!)
There are so many unique animals and we wake up to awesome bird sounds!
This raccoon was playing peekaboo from side to side around the tree with Ky. 
Sy up a tree - he's in his element. 
We took a ride on this trail by the lake. There are signs like this about every 1/10th of a mile that tell you watch out for alligators and if you call 911 tell them this number (on the sign) is your location. 
Sy spotted a nose and eyes sticking out of the water. Then a man and his son riding the other way said we had probably already missed about five or six.
This was the first full alligator we saw, so we all got off our bikes to look at it.
Pretty cool to see this bird in the tree holding a full fish in its claw. 

This one was a little too close for comfort, being just off the trail. (zoomed in below) It was probably 7 feet long.
Thankfully, it was a long uneventful ride.
We saw at least 20 different kinds of birds!

Pleasant day. It reminded us of our many treks to the Bolsa Chica wetlands back home but with such different wildlife. 

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