February 27th, 2026

Happy Photos Safari Report Day!  

Joy and I hit good old Myakka State Park one more time. As we impatiently await the final healing of my stupid foot, we did another mostly drive with a little walking photo session and had a predictably wonderful time!  

There were more visitors than we are accustomed to so we did have to work around other people but it's a big park. We can share  :)  

The day started out a little cool but wisely we dressed in light layers so we could peel off outer layers as it warmed up. The weather was nearly perfect.  Great light too!  Not a great deal of wildlife, unfortunately, but there was just enough to cobble together the Safari Report.  Therefore, I am calling this one the "Just Enough Hike".  

That said,  I'll start with the birdies.  There were a lot of the same few kinds so I'll  try to not duplicate very much. Here are the best shots:

Then there is the non bird wildlife, which in this case means alligators. Lots and lots of them. There were literal piles of them!  We kept our distance and were grateful for telescopic camera lenses. Here's some of those guys;

As always the park itself was gorgeous. Can you bear some pretty scenery photos for a few minutes?  Thanks!

And now it's done.  As I predicted, I had Just Enough photos for the Photo Safari Report.  Thanks for coming along :)  Hope you enjoyed

Happy Weekend!