{"id":73627,"date":"2025-12-06T15:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/73627\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T15:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:10:12","slug":"crescent-lake-st-pete-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/73627\/","title":{"rendered":"Crescent Lake, St Pete FL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our winter birdie visitors are arriving. There are flocks of several species which spend the winter here at Crescent Lake Park.<\/p>\n<p>Some photos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/54960511694\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9125\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54960511694_1c2ce0ee24_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crescent Lake<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/54960440503\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9100\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54960440503_ba567d3fe4_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Strangler Fig on a Palm Tree<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/54960435948\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9168\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54960435948_f4bb0afefc_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Banyan Tree. Each aerial root that touches the ground forms a new trunk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/54960563470\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9154\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54960563470_8a870c2844_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>White Pelicans<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/54959374117\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9124\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54959374117_aafab88a60_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scaups<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/54960437013\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9145\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54960437013_f4d4a1c65f_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ringneck Duck<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/54960566695\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9106\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54960566695_c01d095121_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>White Ibis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/54960566770\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9103\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54960566770_65e1af1516_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Muscovy Ducks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/54960513189\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9097\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54960513189_225c64d48e_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anhinga<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/54960264201\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9143\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54960264201_5dafa23ac1_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Limpkin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/54960508839\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9162\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54960508839_c69687006b_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to corralling trash that gets washed into the storm drain, this \u201cwater goat\u201d is a convenient basking platform for the turtles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our winter birdie visitors are arriving. 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