{"id":9646,"date":"2022-02-15T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flgcc.com\/?p=9646"},"modified":"2026-05-30T06:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:59:14","slug":"lake-morton-waterfowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/15\/lake-morton-waterfowl\/florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Morton Waterfowl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland, FL is aptly named with over 30 lakes within the city limits. The best lake for photography always seems to be Lake Morton. It\u2019s famous for its population of swans. But the main reason we like Lake Morton is for the wood ducks and several migrating ducks that visit every year. It\u2019s a nice easy walk of about 1 mile to go completely around the lake. But it can take over an hour because of all the photo opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220131-4-mallard-drake-peacefully-resting.jpg\" alt=\"Mallard Drake Peacefully Resting\" class=\"wp-image-98803\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Mallard Drake Resting Peacefully with His Head Tucked Under His Wing<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220131-4-ring-necked-duck-female-resting-on-large-rock.jpg\" alt=\"Ring Necked Duck Female Resting On Large Rock\" class=\"wp-image-98861\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Female Ring-necked Duck Resting on a Large Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220317-4-lesser-scaup-swimming-to-left-looking-left.jpg\" alt=\"Lesser Scaup Swimming To Left Looking Left\" class=\"wp-image-98863\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Male Lesser Scaup Duck Swimming Across the Water  Looking Left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220131-4-wood-duck-drake-resting-looking-back.jpg\" alt=\"Wood Duck Drake Resting Looking Back\" class=\"wp-image-99823\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wood Duck Male Resting and Looking Back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More photos have been uploaded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/gary-walker-photography\/galleries\/nature\/birds\/dabbling-ducks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Dabbling Ducks<\/strong><\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/gary-walker-photography\/galleries\/nature\/birds\/diving-ducks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diving Ducks<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/gary-walker-photography\/galleries\/nature\/birds\/wood-ducks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wood Ducks<\/a><\/strong> galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lakeland, FL is aptly named with over 30 lakes within the city limits. The best lake for photography always seems to be Lake Morton. It\u2019s famous for its population of swans. But the main reason we like Lake Morton is for the wood ducks and several migrating ducks that visit every year. It\u2019s a nice&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2743],"tags":[2774],"class_list":["post-9646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","tag-nature"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220131-4-mallard-drake-cruising-on-pond.jpg?ver","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9646"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109924,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9646\/revisions\/109924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}