Looking for the next meal

Still life with Spanish moss and palmetto bushes

The quest for food:  Great Blue Heron gazing...

Red-shouldered hawk checking things out...

and a large 'gator looking for small treats

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - We made our first Fall trip to Lake Woodruff NWR today hoping that some feathered visitors from Up North had arrived on their migratory trip to warmer weather.  Summer rains have left the wildlife reserve with high water, not the best situation for the birds who spend some time in DeLand.  The usual suspects, though, were on hand and resolutely on the lookout for something to fill their stomachs with.