April, 2013
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
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
Tags: Alligator, gator, Limpkin, Tricoloroed Heron
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Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Sandhill Cranes and chick
Sandhill Cranes and chick
Sandhill Cranes and chick
Sandhill Crane chick
Sandhill Cranes and chick
Sandhill Cranes and chick
Little Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron
Wild Turkey with a limp (it’s the little details that make it interesting)
Wild Turkey
Wild Turkey
Wild Turkey
Wild Turkey
Wild Turkey
Tags: Little Blue Heron, Sand Hill Crane, Wild Turkey
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Monday, April 8th, 2013
Anhinga (and some trees and stuff)
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Sunday, April 7th, 2013
Roseate Spoonbill
Roseate Spoonbill
White Ibis
Cattle Egret
Cattle Egret
These may be the anhinga chicks from earlier this spring
Anhingas
Anhingas
Common Gallinule (also called a Moorhen)
Cattle Egrets enjoying the sunset
Osprey emerging from water after a dive
Osprey
Osprey
Ospreys
Ospreys
Anhinga
Tags: Anhinga, Cattle Egret, Common Gallinule, Osprey, Roseate Spoonbill, White Ibis
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Saturday, April 6th, 2013
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Tags: Great Blue Heron, Red-shouldered Hawk
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Friday, April 5th, 2013
Cattle Egret
Killdeer
Tags: Cattle Egret, Killdeer
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Thursday, April 4th, 2013
Sandhill Crane
Tricolored Heron
Tricolored Heron
Killdeer
Cormorant and Tricolored Heron
Cormorant
Tricolored Heron
Tags: Double-crested Cormorant, Killdeer, Sand Hill Crane, Tricoloroed Heron
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Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Alligator
Limpkin
Limpkin extracting succulent clam from its shell
Meanwhile, these Black Vultures have other ideas of what constitutes a tasty treat
Yes, you are a dirty bird.
Black Vulture dining
Great Blue Heron dining on a catfish
Northern Cardinal
Great Blue Heron
Boat-tailed Grackle
Tags: Alligator, Black Vulture, Boat-tailed Grackle, Great Blue Heron, Northern Cardinal
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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
Anhinga
Tags: Anhinga
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Monday, April 1st, 2013
Limpkin
Juvenile White Ibis
Juvenile White Ibis
Juvenile White Ibis
Tricolored Heron
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tags: Limpkin, Little Blue Heron, Tricoloroed Heron, White Ibis
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