Marilynne's Wetlands and Other Stuff 2018

[Marilynne]

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[Marilynne]

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[Marilynne]

I'm going with Clouded Skipper

 

[Marilynne]

I'm a Jeep person, but this is just wrong!! The finish looked like it had sand mixed in with the paint.

I did like the wheels

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[Marilynne]

YCNH was at Wako again

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[Marilynne]

Not one of the momma gators. Look at all those mosquito fish.

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[Marilynne]

Chris had a doc appt this morning, so I didn't get to Wako until just about noon. One of my friends was there and told me they counted 16 little ones in the morning. Mom was under the boardwalk and I only saw three.

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Still no activity at the other nest.

 

[Marilynne]

Saw this juvie Purple Gallinule just feet away from where the momma gator was hanging out.

and it has a boo-boo.
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[Marilynne]

Good day for the Anhinga, bad day for the fish

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Beat it!

Beat it some more

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[Marilynne]

Not either of the mother gators. At the other end of Wako.

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[Marilynne]

Five handheld shots stitched

Auto complete

 

[Needa]

This use to be a golf course. The owner wanted to donate the land to the county for a park. The surrounding communities voted it down, so the land was sold and will be the home to new high-rises.

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Think I would have rather had a park.

 

[Marilynne]

Getting ready to give up on momma gator and the babies, I spotted an immature Black Crowned Night Heron near/in a Cypress tree.

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[Marilynne]

Once again I was ready to give up on mom and the babies when mom showed up.

We could hear one of the babies and thought it was strange that it was about thirty feet away.

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[Marilynne]

 

[Marilynne]

Think I would have rather had a park.

Me too!​

 

[Marilynne]

The little one kept near the bulrush and swam all the way towards mom. We were hoping it would climb on her head, but it never went near her and disappeared in the growth.

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Still nothing happening at the nest.​

 

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