Florida Botanical Gardens - Snowy White Egret - Photos

Our Florida Botanical Garden in Largo, FL is always worth a visit, but this time I saw a special treasure.

The garden is a must see if you are in the Tampa Area and enjoy nature and beautiful gardens. Family friendly, wheel chair friendly and believe it or not, entrance is still free.

See complete info and links to the garden at the end of this post.

Our most recent visit presented us with a special delight, right around sunset, during the golden hour, I was fortunate to do a little photo shoot with one of the fine feathered residents of the garden, a snowy white egret.

You can expect to see all types of wildlife roaming free, from turtles to all types of waterbirds like egrets, herons, ducks, anhingas and even alligators. 

Sometimes you just get lucky.

In fact, if Richard hadn't pointed out the egret in the water, I wouldn't even have noticed him, he was moving without making a sound, just an occasional ripple in the water.

 

I couldn't have asked for a lovelier setting including purple water lilies:)

Mirror Image

 

 

 

He's discovered something ...

 

 

... almost posing for me

Now he's on the move again ... so graceful

Fascinating to watch - an elegant predator:)

 

 

 

Here he is scouting for fish ...

 Getting ready to strike ...

 

 

I followed him around the bend ...

 

 

It was a rush to shoot these photos.

Like an adventure trip into nature or like stepping into a live scene from National Geographic - a cool experience.

He's a beauty - grace in motion. 

There's a couple extra pics tucked away in the strip below, if you are interested.

 

Thank you for coming along, I hope you have enjoyed my birdwatching photos as much as I did - by the way -

  

 

    if you want to see him actually catch a fish

                           click here. 

 

Here is the link to the official website: 

http://www.flbg.org/

 

12520 Ulmerton Road
Largo, FL 33774-3602
(727) 582-2100

Get directions

 

... and here is a link to my mini-series showcasing different areas of the Florida Botanical Garden

 

Palm and Tropical Garden

 

Do not molest the Alligators!

 

The Rose and Wedding Garden

 

Holiday Lights at the Botanical Garden - Part I

 

Holiday Lights at the Botanical Garden - Part II

 

All images taken by © Rose Hill on 4-25-2009 - copyright 2009