The peaceful gathering of Florida wildlife in the photos below reminded me of the peaceable kingdom paintings from the 1830's by Edward Hicks:
The creek on Farragut Drive in the Azalea neighborhood was once called Golf Creek. It was a water feature on the Jungle Country Club golf course (1916-1944). Many celebrities and notables of the era crossed the creek while golfing here ‒ Hall of Fame golfers Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen, Hall of Fame baseball players Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx, Yankee manager Miller Huggins, St. Petersburg mayor Al Lang (who was president of the country club for most of its existence), H. Walter Fuller, Walter P. Fuller, baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, football coach Pop Warner, defense attorney Clarence Darrow, golf course architect A.W. Tillinghast, cartoonist Billy DeBeck, sportswriter Grantland Rice and many others.
In the 1950's, the residential development Azaleaville was built on the Jungle Country Club golf course property. Today, the creek is the only part of the former golf course that is public land. Residents are proposing that the creek, which does not have an official name, be named Jungle Country Club Creek. For more information, click here.
Since the creek's inception in 1916, it has been a favored spot for people and wildlife, as seen in the photos below.
Photos by Steve of the Jungle on May 6, 2021.
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| Great egret (top), wood stork (left), roseate spoonbill, tricolored heron (bottom, in the weeds), wood stork. |
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Wood stork and roseate spoonbill
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Great egret
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Wood storks, roseate spoonbill, tricolored heron
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Tricolored heron
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