You just never know what you'll see when you get out on the Florida Trails and this week held a lot of surprises.
The most fun was the Sherman's Fox Squirrel we spotted on the Florida Trails (trailhead off SR 484).
He was running as fast as he could toward me until I turned to alert my hubby!
Then he stopped in his tracks to decide what to do.
Go this way....or that?
Or just run lickety split back the way you came! lol
His bushy tail earns him the name of Fox Squirrel.
He looked a little like a monkey or very small bear from a distance!
And then when we were leaving Halpata Tastanaki Preserve (Pruitt Trailhead) this Mud Turtle crossed the dirt road in front of us.
All pics were taken from my driver's window. He stopped and posed, in a safe place!
I know this sounds strange to say because we see SO many turtles here, but I don't think we have seen one like this!
It was very small and solid black.
This White Ibis is a juvenile. He flew right in front of us on the trail and then lit in a tree to watch us!
We also saw one pretty bunch of sunflowers on that trail. Just one.
And then there is this Robber Fly in the trail that we stepped around. He is a mimic bumble bee but is known as a bee killer. He had a red wasp in his grasp and did not move out of the way, so we gave him a wide berth. More info on him HERE!
You just never know what you'll see when you get out in nature.
Have you been on any nature walks this week?
