Travel Photography > Photos taken in USA and tagged as scenery
There seemed to be thousands of these in the Wal-mart parking lot. They have a fairly pleasing song actually.
View of some of the small islands off the southern coast of Florida
This was outside the Ernest F. Coe Visitors Center, at the beginning of the highway to Flamingo (36 miles farther)
This is a strange looking bird, but beautiful in an odd sort of way. This is the only stork native to North America.
If you look closely, you can see the tail of an alligator on the right. The birds don't seem to mind and feed in the same ponds and areas as the gators.
There were quite a few of these on the Anhinga walk at the Royal Palms area.
Just one of many at the Royal Palms area just inside the park.
I thought it might be fun to get a closeup showing his teeth...
In case I didn't upload enough alligator shots, I have more...
I have no idea what kind this is, it was about 4 inches long however, quite fat.
The female has the lighter colored neck, the male's is dark or black
These are Bromeliads, a kind of Air Plant. They don't harm the tree as they get their nurishment from air and moisture in the air or rain. They just use the tree for support.
While these were much smaller than the Great Blue Heron, they moved in a similar fashon and the family resemblance was obvious.
The narrow field across the street was used for dueling, it is conveniently located next to the cemetary.
This is how close we were to the beach. The small dune is man made to try to protect the island from erosion.
We have these in Oakland Bay in Shelton, WA where I live, but these were smaller. I put the quarter near the egg sack to show the size.
The mature tree's near the shoreline of a beach indicate a beach subject to erosion. But it was sure lovely!
You can see the top of the lighthouse to the right
Hunting Island is home to a maritime forest dominated by slow-growing, salt-tolerant, evergreen trees and shrubs and palmettos.