Peaceful Waters Nature Walk

While down in South Florida last weekend we discovered Peaceful Waters Nature Walk in Wellington. It’s mostly a boardwalk through a preserve next to a huge sports complex. It is a peaceful area that was fun to go through and watch the Green Herons among some other birds…

Mottled Ducks swimming around happily

Green Heron on the hunt

Lesser Yellowlegs

Green Heron flying low over the water

Green Heron practicing its slide in home

Green Heron

Green Heron

Another Green Heron on the move

Gallinule having fun taking a bath

Green Heron hiding in the weeds

Red-winged Blackbird singing in the rain

Red-winged Blackbird taking flight

Eastern Phoebe crushing a bug that it caught

Red-shouldered Hawk watching from its hiding spot near the top of a tree

Green Heron on the hunt

Green Heron still on the hunt

A lone Limpkin was standing just off the trail as we were heading out

There are a lot of these smaller nature areas in the middle of all of the development going on. While its difficult to watch a lot of nature being eliminated for growth, it is good to see that counties are requiring these preserves to be maintained so that we have some balance between the two.