We went out again in the evening to check for an Anhinga; we wanted a better picture. It was cloudy, so we did not have high hopes for seeing much.

We did see an Anhinga at the playground area, but it was even further away. If you look closely, you can barely see the turquoise and green coloring around the eyes for mating season. The feathery crest on the head and neck suggests that this is a male getting plumage for mating season.

When it flew off, we could not figure out where it went, but we managed to get a picture of what we thought was Brown Thrasher in the trees. It turns out that it might be a Waterthrush. It does not quite match either, so it might be juvenile.

We did not see any turtles, like we normally do. We went back to the interpretive area to check for alligators. We saw what we thought was a woodpecker, but it appears to be a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker because the throat is red too.

We saw a Great Blue Heron in an odd pose. We think it might be the sleeping pose. At this point, it was getting very dark. You can see the quality drop in the pictures. The left one is ISO 6400, and the right one is 25600. You can take a picture in the dark, but the quality suffers badly. Anything over about ISO 3200 is going to have issues. As the camera focused, you could see a big spider on the beak, but none of the pictures showed it.

We did see the alligator. It was essentially dark, and we were getting eaten alive by mosquitos. We took the picture as quite as possible and got out of there with what little blood we had left.