First Day of Biking in Celebration 2014

We finally got to do a nice long bike ride today in Celebration!  They threatened t-storms, but it didn't happen, and just started to rain when we got back home.

This lovely fellow who was "preening" is called a limpkin. 

 

The white bird is an adult white ibis, the dark one is a glossy ibis, and the brownish one is  an immature white ibis.

 

This is the first alligator that we have seen this year.  It was warm, if not sunny, and the gators were out of the water. 

This little fellow thought he was going to be fed. 

 

Riding on one of the board walks through the swamp/woods.  A really nice place to ride! 

A red-shouldered hawk, one of two that we often see in this park. 

One of the pretty waterside flowers - a kind of iris? 

There was some seed scattered on the ground near where we enjoyed a Starbucks Frappuccino, kept these birds occupied.  I guess this is a sparrow of some kind, and the others are male and female Boat-tailed grackles.

 

This heron was watching some fishermen, hoping for a hand-out. 
 
 
 
 
 
This is probably my favorite waterside flower - another iris?