The Circle B Bar Reserve close after Hurricane Ian and was closed until Halloween. Looks like a lot of trees came down and they had to spend a lot of time cleaning it up and letting it dry out somewhat. It is still pretty wet. I didn’t see anything super […]
Took a morning trip to the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland for a little wildlife and nature on Monday. I got there in time for the sunrise over the lake which was decent. Shortly after sunrise I found a Barred Owl very close to the trail. I hadn’t seen […]
Took a morning photo walk at the Circle B Bar Reserve this morning. Not a lot of super exciting finds today. I did see two Purple gallinule families each with two small chicks. Found a few cool spider webs also.
Decided to head out this morning to try to take some pictures before the weather turned ugly. It worked out pretty well. I went back to the Circle B Bar Reserve again. After finding the preying mantis on my last visit I was much more focused on the plants and […]
Another day, another trip to the Circle B Bar Reserve. Today was off to a slow start. I had covered about 2/3 of the trails I was going to cover this morning (little over 5 miles total) and hadn’t seen much beyond the normal wading birds and some alligators. At […]
It is to the point where it is hard for me to go anywhere else because I feel like I get the most “bang for my buck” at the Circle B Bar Reserve. If I only have a few hours to shoot I can make it there in about 45 […]
Have I mentioned that I enjoy visiting the Circle B Bar Reserve. I was back for my fourth trip in the last month and a half. This time my oldest daughter Lindsay went with me which was nice. Highlights besides the usual gators and wading birds were a Painted Bunting […]
Took another trip back to the Circle B Bar Reserve this week. I was not as lucky on this visit. For me the highlights this time were again some nice spiders and webs with dew, a beautiful cardinal, and a great blue heron trying to eat an eel. The eel […]
I ended up with an unexpected weekday off today so I returned to the Circle B Bar Reserve today to take another shot at the bobcats. I started off super slow as I walked 3+ miles with very little interesting seen. Then all of the sudden, bobcat in a tree. […]
Sunday morning I went out to the Circle B Bar Reserve with the goal of hoping to see a bobcat as I have been seeing a lot of pictures of bobcats recently and I currently have zero acceptable photos of a bobcat. To cut to the chase, I did not […]