March, 2014
Sunday, March 30th, 2014
First-year Little Blue Herons are white
Immature Little Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron
Dragonfly
Little Blue Heron
Alligator
Gulf Fritillary Butterfly
Lily Pads
Lily Pads
Great Blue Heron on a nest
Alligator
Alligator
Juvenile White Ibis
Juvenile White Ibis
Juvenile White Ibis
Juvenile White Ibis grazing
Photographer sneezes
Juvenile White Ibis return to grazing
Great Blue Heron on nest
Tags: Alligator, Butterfly, Dragonfly, gator, Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron, White Ibis
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
Double-crested Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Little Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Sandhill Crane
Tags: Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron, Sand Hill Crane
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Sunday, March 16th, 2014
Alligator
Alligator
Alligator
White Ibis
Mourning Dove
Osprey
Osprey
Turkey Buzzard
Double-crested Cormorant
Tags: Alligator, Double-crested Cormorant, gator, Osprey, Turkey Vulture, White Ibis
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
Whoa! Looks like this guy has hooked a big one!
This gator has grown a little too big and needs to be removed from the pond.
Alligator removal
Alligator removal
Alligator removal
Alligator removal
Alligator removal
Alligator removal
Alligator removal
Alligator removal
Alligator removal
Alligator removal
Alligator removal
Alligator removal
Alligator removal
Tug-of-war
Alligator removal
Now the tricky part…
securing the chompers
Electrical tape has many uses
all wrapped up
Alligator removal
Alligator tied
Alligator slide
Alligator
Um, is that tape coming loose?
There’s a good idea
Tale of the tape: 8 feet 3 inches
So we don’t run out of alligators, a three footer is added to the pond.
Alligator loaded into truck
Tags: Alligator, gator
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Sunday, March 9th, 2014
White Ibis
Great Egret
Boat-tailed Grackles
Boat-tailed Grackles
Brown Anole
Brown Anole
Brown Anole
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk (with nictitating membrane covering eye)
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Tags: Boat-tailed Grackle, Brown Anole, Great Egret, Red-shouldered Hawk, White Ibis
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Saturday, March 8th, 2014
Today’s photos are from the New York Mets vs. Detroit Tigers spring training game at Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, FL
Drew Smyly
Noah Syndergaard
Noah Syndergaard
Noah Syndergaard
Ezequiel Carrera missing a bunt
Jacob deGrom
Juan Lagares
Andrew Brown
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Saturday, March 1st, 2014
Great Blue Heron on nest
Florida Red-bellied Turtle
Double-crested Cormorant
Tricolored Heron
Alligator
Great Blue Heron on nest
Tags: Alligator, Double-crested Cormorant, gator, Great Blue Heron, Tricoloroed Heron, Turtle
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