Painted at the airboat ramp at 40-Mile Bend, Tamiami Trail.  The cypress trees were almost florescent with their new spring flush of needles.  Drought conditions and the water level was very low, April 8.  There were many birds close in feeding and doing there thing, including roseate spoonbills, and many egrets and herons.  The following week, over a foot of rain fell and the birds were more spread out.