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Fort Myers, Lee County, FL 2/2/25
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| Cuban Brown Anole |
Another Cuban Brown Anole |
Largeflower Mexican Clover |
False Buttonweed |
Another False Buttonweed |
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| Arrowleaf Sida (S. rhombifolia) |
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Punta Rassa, Lee County, FL 2/2/25
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| Low Hop Clover |
Lilac Tasselflower |
Spirit Airlines |
Common Starling |
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| Osprey |
Yellow Rumped Warbler |
Yellow Rumped Warbler |
False Buttonweed |
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Lighthouse Beach, Sanibel, Lee County, FL 2/2/25
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| Lighthouse |
Ruins from Hurricane Helene |
Probably an anchovy |
Seaweed |
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| Airliner (Southwest Airlines) |
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Punta Rassa, Lee County, FL 2/1/25
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| White Ibis |
Snowy Egret |
Same Snowy Egret |
Osprey |
Firebush (Hamelia patens) |
Punta Rassa, Lee County, FL 1/31/25
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
Common Starling |
Another Common Starling in nest in dead palm tree |
Same Common Starling |
Osprey |
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| Boat-tailed Grackles |
Fig tree |
Boat with crane |
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Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel, Lee County, FL 1/30/25
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| White Pelicans, adults and juvies |
White Pelicans |
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| White Ibis |
Another White Ibis |
White Ibises and a Little Blue Heron |
Snowy Egret |
Same Snowy Egret |
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| Roseate Spoonbill |
Another Roseate Spoonbill |
Reddish Egret |
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| Reddish Egret |
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Osprey |
Mullets |
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| Green Heron |
Same Green Heron |
Fig Tree branch (trunk?) |
Fig Tree trunk and branch |
Double-crested Cormorants |
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| Maturing Double-crested Cormorant |
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Punta Rassa, Lee County, FL 1/30/25
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
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Willet |
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| Underwing (Catocala genus) |
Sunset |
Seaweed |
More seaweed |
Sea Hibiscus (H. tiliaceus) |
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| Male Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Osprey |
Same Osprey |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Bottlebrush |
Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel, Lee County, FL 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. |
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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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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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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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