Noisy cliques of waterbirds known as gallinules swim, hunt and peck among the reeds, weeds and aquatic grasses that ring Round Lake, a small pond just west of 4th Street near downtown St. Petersburg. There are ducks here, too, and turtles, and the occasional visiting heron on the prowl for an easy meal.
Beneath the water’s surface, in some deep, dark hole, does Big Ben still lurk, wary of worms dangling from pointy hooks?
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