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My sister Karen from Traverse City, MI. recently visited us, and the first place she wanted to see was the Venice Rookery.

This small park is a rookery island where birds roost and nest. Its natural beauty is surrounded by urban development.

We had family in from Michigan, and I took them to Myakka State Park.

We’ve been busy settling in our house in Punta Gorda, FL. I finally took some time to visit Myakka State Park.

I took one of my grandsons to Myakka River State Park to see some wildlife, and we watched as a Great Egret caught an eel.

It was a beautiful sunny morning, and I re-visited Myakka River State Park to check on the progress of the nesting Spoonbills.

It was a beautiful sunny morning, and a flock of American White Pelicans was floating just off the shoreline.

On the northwest shore of Lake Hancock, Circle B Bar Reserve is a former cattle ranch that today boasts a wide variety of plants and animals. You can see several distinct ecosystems in this reserve of 1,267 acres.