{Sarasota Bay, Florida - Anhinga}

During our stay at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota we did encounter some great wildlife at Sarasota Bay.

We came upon an Anhinga...

Perched on the corner of this deck. Yes, with the ugly purple from yesterday's post in sight.

It let me come really close... 

Again, the ugly purple, wish they'd left all those piers natural like this one!

All taken with my iPhone...

The Anhinga preening itself, not yet paying attention to my coming closer and closer.

Sometimes the Anhinga is called Snake-bird, look at its snake-like neck!

Don't know if he was friendly with me or not...

Anhinga is related to the Cormorant but it lacks the hooked bill at the tip.

This difference makes it pretty easy to distinguish between the two.

Anhingas have long and pointed bills; NOT hooked at the tip...

Guess he was willing to show all his different poses for me

Am I pretty? YES, a lot prettier than that ugly purple structure!

I will snatch your iPhone away...

Why didn't you bring me a BIG fish; I'm hungry!

ARGH, guess I have to dive for one myself...!

Anhinga at Sarasota Bay, Florida ←click for short video

Related links:

Sarasota Bay | Info about this coastal lagoon in Florida, USA

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{Sarasota Bay, Florida - Great Egret}

Some photos from our walk around Sarasota Bay, when we were staying at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota 

Photos taken with my iPhone...

Shown here is the Great Egret or Casmerodius Albus. Family: Herons Ardeidae.
Or in Dutch also called 'Grote Zilverreiger'... 

Formerly known as the 'American Egret', 'Common Egret', 'Large Egret', 'White Egret', 'Great White Egret', and 'Great White Heron', its official name in North America is now Great Egret.
One of the most magnificent of our herons.

Great reflection of this majestic Great Egret but it soon took off and I wish we had the better camera with us...
Great Egret has a yellow bill and black legs.
The Great White Heron is white with yellow bill and legs and is called Grote Witte Reiger in Dutch.

To us it didn't make any sense why the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall at Sarasota Bay needed to be in a purplish color...? In our opinion, this is such a disturbing color in this natural Bay environment.

One can only wonder about this eye sore and visual polution... as friend Tammy wrote about in her blog posts about a similar case (see below post).

The entire Performing Arts Hall also has mirrored glass.
That allowed us to take a selfie or better said; a 'WeFie with our iPhone.

If from 1969 on this already has been purplish...?

For sure the building and its function is a tremendous asset to Sarasota City!
All in all we had a very interesting walk.

Related links:

Spring Break Has Sprung - blogpost about visual pollution in Kuwait - by friend Tammy from T's Daily Treasures

Sight for Sore Eyes - blogpost about artificial grass and colored pavement - by friend Tammy from T's Daily Treasures

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Sarasota Bay | Info about this coastal lagoon in Florida, USA

{Sarasota, Florida - Hyatt Regency}

On May 1, we were at the Hyatt Regency in Sarasota, Florida. We had been there once before but loved to go back to this place.

Love the exotic surroundings here at the Gulf of Mexico where this Hyatt Regency Sarasota is located.

Husband Pieter in the back of the hotel where you even can dock your own boat or yacht.

King Size bed with pillow top and down duvet at all Hyatt hotels, makes us feel at home!

Husband Pieter made a tea for me and a coffee for himself, after my drive from Orlando where we stayed at the Hyatt Place Orlando/ Universal which we can reach in about 6 hours driving from home.

That feels relaxed and even though it is windy, the balcony offers such a great view of Sarasota Bay...

At our previous stay we were informed that this is a Hyatt hotel where you could dock your own yacht in the back... you can reach it IF you have one!

View from balcony

Parking for the hotel is in the back of the hotel, you can see the cars under the palm trees.

Restaurant is right next to the dock.

This is the path that we walked alongside Sarasota Bay...

Will show you more next!

Have you been to Sarasota, Florida?

We will be back for another time; using some of our Hyatt Points for more free nights.

Related links:

{Sarasota Bay, Florida - Great White Heron} | post by me about the walk around Sarasota Bay

{Sarasota Bay, Florida - Anhinga} | post by me about Sarasota Bay walk