Marilynne's Wetlands and Other Stuff - 2025

[Marilynne]

Sitting in an abandoned Tricolored Heron nest. Can anyone ID it?

 

[Marilynne]

 

[Needa]

Sitting in an abandoned Tricolored Heron nest. Can anyone ID it?
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Looks like a Brown Water Snake.
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-snake-id/snake/brown-watersnake/

 

[Marilynne]

Looks like a Brown Water Snake.
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-snake-id/snake/brown-watersnake/

Thanks Jeff! That's what I thought, but I thought it would be more banded.

 

[Marilynne]

This morning at Wako

 

[Marilynne]

 

[Marilynne]

 

[Marilynne]

I was surprised to see a Least Bittern

 

[Marilynne]

Waiting and watching

Splash

Breakfast - Yum!

 

[Marilynne]

 

[Marilynne]

Just floating around in the water

 

[Sandpatch]

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What is this guy? I love the shot.

 

[Marilynne]

What is this guy? I love the shot.

Thanks SP! It's a soft-shelled turtle eating a pond apple.

 

[Marilynne]

Backyard is flooded from some much needed rain. Taken through the screen.

Outtake for weekly challenge - water

 

[Silversnapper]

We could do with importing a few drops of that Marilynne, I believe we have drought conditions in parts of the UK.

 

[Marilynne]

We could do with importing a few drops of that Marilynne, I believe we have drought conditions in parts of the UK.

We are definitely in a drought. When the weather people show the drought map, we're smack dab in the middle of it.