{"id":9665,"date":"2022-02-13T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flgcc.com\/?p=9665"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:44:50","slug":"myakka-river-wildlife-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/13\/myakka-river-wildlife-destination\/florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Myakka River Wildlife Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Myakka River State Park is a wildlife and nature gem. Located in eastern Sarasota County, it is one of the largest parks in Florida with over 37,000 acres. The Myakka River flows through the park and creates a variety of lakes, ponds, and flooded marshlands. Because of the diverse terrain, the park is home to a huge variety of wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bald
Bald Eagle Sailing Past to the Right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Blue
Blue-winged Teal Male Flying by to the Right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are many types of migrating birds that spend the winter and spring months in the park including several species of waterfowl. It\u2019s also a good place to find roseate spoonbills which are one of the most desired birds for photos in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Roseate
Roseate Spoonbill Flying By<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Barred
Barred Owl Watching for Prey in an Oak Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

More photos have been uploaded to the Dabbling Ducks<\/a><\/strong> and Owls<\/strong><\/a> galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Myakka River State Park is a wildlife and nature gem. Located in eastern Sarasota County, it is one of the largest parks in Florida with over 37,000 acres. The Myakka River flows through the park and creates a variety of lakes, ponds, and flooded marshlands. Because of the diverse terrain, the park is home to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2743],"tags":[2774],"class_list":["post-9665","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\/220207-5-blue-winged-teal-drake-taking-off.jpg?ver","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665","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=9665"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109920,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665\/revisions\/109920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}