Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
Beautiful yellow flowers on the prickly-pear cactus.
Bright red male northern cardinal sings out in the morning, making it known who owns this territory.
A large golden orb-weaver spider has a dragonfly caught in her web and is preparing to dine.
Closeup of a beautiful morning glory flower.
Often mistaken for a banyan tree, this lofty fig is the largest tree in the park, its crown measuring over 100 feet across.
Closeup of a cicada on a coontie and blue porterweed flowers.
A small brackish pond with mangrove seedlings and dead Australian pines in the background.
Though a lofty fig and not a banyan, this view shows the large secondary trunks this tree can form from air roots.
An open pond in the mangrove swamp with Madagascar periwinkles in the foreground.
A small brackish pond with mangrove seedlings and dead Australian pines in the background.
