Posts Tagged ‘gator’

Young Alligator

Young Alligator

Young Alligator

Sandhill Crane sitting on nest

Sandhill Crane sitting on nest

Sandhill Crane sitting on nest

Red-shouldered Hawk

Alligator

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Sandhill Cranes

Sandhill Cranes

Sandhill Crane chick

Sandhill Crane chick

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Small alligator relaxing

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron fishing

Great Blue Heron fishing

Great Blue Heron fishing

Great Blue Heron with fish

Great Blue Heron with fish

Great Blue Heron with fish

Great Blue Heron with fish

Great Blue Heron with fish

Great Blue Heron with fish

Great Blue Heron rinsing fish before dinner

Great Blue Heron eating fish

Great Blue Heron eating fish

Great Blue Heron eating fish

Great Blue Heron eating fish

Great Blue Heron swallowing fish

This is an agave americana, commonly known as a century plant or century cactus. This one is probably 10 or 20 years old. That 20′ spike in the center has appeared only in the past few weeks. Soon the spike will flower and the plant will die.

Another century plant, this one about 12′ high. We’ll monitor them and post photos when they flower.

Alligator

Osprey

Juvenile Anhingas

Juvenile Anhingas (one scratching)

Juvenile Anhingas

Juvenile Anhingas

Juvenile Anhingas

Food has arrived and these juvenile anhingas are very interested

Red-shouldered Hawk on a tree

Swallow-tailed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Limpkin

Large alligator stalking smaller alligator

Large alligator submerges while smaller alligator tries to speed away

After a brief skirmish, smaller alligator heads for the weeds

Larger alligator steams into the weeds looking for smaller alligator

Smaller alligator decides the bank is safer. Photographer is 1.3 seconds from realizing the opposite is now true for him.

Alligator

Alligator

Alligator (from a slightly safer distance)

Alligator

Alligator

Alligator heads back to pond

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Common Gallinule

Alligator

Common Gallinule battle

Common Gallinule battle

Common Gallinule battle

Common Gallinule battle

Common Gallinule battle

Common Gallinule battle

Mottled Duck

Mottled Duck

Anhinga chicks

Little Blue Heron

Little Blue Heron

Mottled Duck

Mottled Duck

Osprey

Osprey

Boat-tailed Grackle (Female)

Red-shouldered Hawk

Squirrel

Alligator

Great Blue Heron

Alligator

Alligator

Anhinga

Alligator

Anhinga surrounded by vultures

Great Blue Heron

Wood Storks

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Anhinga

Boat-tailed Grackle

Anhinga

Alligator

Alligator

Alligator

Cormorant

Killdeer

White Ibis

Cormorant with fish

Bee

Bee

Tricolored Heron

Alligator

Cormorant

Turtles

Banded Kingfisher

Banded Kingfisher

Banded Kingfisher

Master of Disguise

Alligator

Juvenile White Ibis and Anhinga

Anhinga

Boat-tailed Grackle (Female)

Boat-tailed Grackle (Male)

Anhinga on nest. Not sure how the White Ibis is involved.

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Pine Siskin (maybe)

Great Blue Heron

Snowy Egret

Limpkin and Snowy Egret

White Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

Great Egret, Roseate Spoonbill, White Ibis

White Ibis

Snowy Egret and Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill, Snowy Egret, Great Egret, White Ibis

Wood Stork

Roseate Spoonbill

I have no idea what’s going on here.

Roseate Spoonbill and Great Egret

Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill (and Great Egret)

Snowy Egret

Roseate Spoonbill

Wood Stork

Wood Stork

Wood Stork

Wood Stork

Wood Stork

Wood Stork

Wood Stork and Alligator

Wood Stork

Wood Storks

Wood Storks

Wood Storks and Roseate Spoonbill

Wood Storks and Roseate Spoonbill

Wood Storks and Roseate Spoonbill

Wood Stork

Wood Stork