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Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel, Lee County, NC 2/23/19
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Mangrove Buckeye |
Osprey |
Plover |
Reddish Egret |
Same Reddish Egret |
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Same Reddish Egret |
Same Reddish Egret |
Same Reddish Egret |
Same Reddish Egret |
Same Reddish Egret |
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Same Reddish Egret |
Same Reddish Egret |
Snowy Egret |
Same Snowy Egret |
Tree |
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Tricolored Heron |
Wasp (Sphex jamaicensis) about to enter nest. ID thanks to Ken Wolgemuth. |
Another wasp (Sphex jamaicensis) struggling against leaf to get into nest |
White Ibis flying |
Same White Ibis landing |
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Same White Ibis |
Maybe a Willet |
White Ibis |
White Ibis |
Another White Ibis landing |
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White Ibises |
American White Pelicans |
Pink Purslane (Portulaca pilosa) |
Willet |
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Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Lee County, FL 12/6/15
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Cassius Blue |
Orchard Spider |
Raccoon, which climbed a cabbage palm, |
in search of fruit to eat. |
You can see the paw. |
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Looking... |
Zebra Heliconian, dorsal wing view |
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Bailey Tract, Sanibel, Lee County, FL 12/6/15
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Marl Pennant (Macrodiplax balteata). |
Female Roseate Skimmer |
Male Roseate Skimmer |
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Bailey Tract, Sanibel, Lee County, FL 12/5/15
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Common Buckeye |
Cassius Blue |
Drone Fly |
Florida Ivory Millipede |
Water snake |
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Young Pied-billed Grebe |
Two young Pied-billed Grebes |
Sabatia stellaris |
Twice-stabbed ladybug beetle |
White Peacock |
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Florida Bluehearts (Buchnera floridana) |
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Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Lee County, FL 12/5/15
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Common Ground Dove |
Little Blue Heron |
Roseate Spoonbill |
Snowy Egret and Little Blue Heron |
Tricolored Heron |
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White Pelicans and a few Double-crested Cormorants |
Little Blue Heron, White Ibis, and Snowy Egret |
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Causeway Islands Park (Island A), Lee County, FL 12/5/15
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Barred Yellow |
Sandwich Tern, seen from the bridge from the mainland |
Kite water skier |
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Turner Beach, Captiva Island, Lee County, FL 12/4/15
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Nonbreeding Black-bellied Plover |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Same Double-crested Cormorant |
Breeding female Red-breasted Merganser |
Pen Shell, with barnacles and various shells |
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Snowy Egret |
Sanderlings |
Ruddy Turnstone |
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Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel, Lee County, FL 12/4/15
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American Alligator |
Anhinga calling (croaking sound) |
Same Anhinga |
Cuban Anole |
Young Little Blue Heron |
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Long-legged fly |
Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia genoveva) |
Wildflowers and pink fruits |
Close-up of the wildflowers |
Nickernut (Guilandina genus, either G. bonduc or G. major) |
Punta Rassa, Lee County, FL 12/4/15
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Yellow-crowned Heron |
Great Egret |
Feral cat |
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Hagerup Beach, Captiva Island, Lee County, FL 12/3/15
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Beach Bean (Canavalia rosea) |
Nonbreeding Black-bellied Plover |
Dolphin |
The beach, looking south |
Osprey |
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Osprey |
Royal Tern in flight |
Willet |
Royal Tern |
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Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel, Lee County, FL 12/3/15
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Young Black-crowned Night Heron |
American Alligator |
Cuban Anole on fig tree |
Large fish (each at least a foot long) |
Little Blue Heron |
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Roseate Spoonbills, a Snowy Egret and a Little Blue Heron |
Roseate Spoonbills, a Willet, a Little Blue Heron, and two Wood Storks |
Snowy Egret |
Tricolored Heron |
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White Ibis |
Another White Ibis, among mangroves |
Young White Ibis |
Almost adult White Ibis |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
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Power line cut through the lake |
Raccoons and White Ibises |
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Punta Rassa, Lee County, FL 12/3/15
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Sunset |
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Punta Rassa, Lee County, FL 12/2/15
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Great Egret |
Brown Pelican just in front of a boat |
Mangrove Tree Crab (Aratus pisonii), quite a climber! |
Cuban Anole |
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Nonbreeding Sandwich Tern |
Probably Fish Crow, has strange bill deformity. Corvid Research refers to this deformity's occurrence in the Pacific Northwest at this link: https://corvidresearch.blog/2015/07/20/crow-curiosities-causes-and-consequences-of-bill-deformities/ |
Male House Sparrow |
Dolphin |
Mystery flower on tree |
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