{"id":9646,"date":"2022-02-15T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flgcc.com\/?p=9646"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:55:43","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>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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220131-4-mallard-drake-peacefully-resting.jpg\" alt=\"Mallard Drake Peacefully Resting\" class=\"wp-image-98803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220131-4-mallard-drake-peacefully-resting.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220131-4-mallard-drake-peacefully-resting-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220131-4-mallard-drake-peacefully-resting-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220131-4-mallard-drake-peacefully-resting-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220131-4-mallard-drake-peacefully-resting-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/220131-4-mallard-drake-peacefully-resting-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Mallard Drake Resting Peacefully with His Head Tucked Under His Wing<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>A few more pictures from this journey are featured below. For a larger selection of photos, go to the galleries listed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/gary-walker-photography\/galleries\/nature\/birds\/dabbling-ducks\/\">Dabbling Ducks<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/gary-walker-photography\/galleries\/nature\/birds\/diving-ducks\/\">Diving Ducks<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/gary-walker-photography\/galleries\/nature\/birds\/wood-ducks\/\">Wood Ducks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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":98802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2743],"tags":[2774],"class_list":["post-9646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","tag-nature"],"acf":[],"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":1,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109149,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9646\/revisions\/109149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98802"}],"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}]}}