Marilynne's Wetlands and Other Stuff 2016

[Marilynne]

The Sora was playing hard to get

 

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Only saw one

then the other popped up

 

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Mottled Ducks

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Peek-a-boo

 

[Marilynne]

The Raccoon was skiddish. Some man was banging on the trash bin to scare it away.

It didn't find anything in the trash, so it went looking for turtle eggs. Guess it didn't realize the birds had already been there.

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[Marilynne]

Lately I've noticed a difference in the color of the Black Necked Stilts back. Looked it up and the female has a brown back and the male's back is black. You may already have known that, but it's new for me.

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[Marilynne]

Okay, I tried Merlin to ID this, but after fifteen minutes I gave up. After looking in my books, I'm going with Lesser Yellowlegs. I know someone out there will correct me if I'm incorrect. Except for the first one, these are all highly cropped.

Can you spot the bird?

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[Marilynne]

There were three of them way out there

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[Marilynne]

Even Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge has Purple Water Iris

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[Marilynne]

I brought the wrong lens to Loxahatchee. Had the Tamzooka, should have had either the 18-200mm or the 55-300mm. The water was crystal clear and you could see all of George relaxing in the canal. He was to close to the pier and I did the best I could.

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[Marilynne]

People at work

 

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George the Gator and a Dragonfly

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Juvie Gator

 

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Play time

 

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All poofed up and no where to go...

 

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Wonder what this guy's been eating. That's a huge house on his back...

 

[Marilynne]

Immature Little Blue Heron

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[Marilynne]

Naturally, the dive was behind the tree island.