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Osprey, Wood Stork, Pilleated Woodpecker and an Anhinga

#photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife #sweetwaterwetlands #florida

How about some wading birds with long necks!

#Birds #Heron #Stork #Egret #NaturePhotography

Photos all taken on the same day at the #SweetwaterWetlands Park in #Gaineville #Florida

#Pollinators and #Flowers

#SweetwaterWetlands Park #Gainesville #Florida

#NaturePhotography #Butterflies #Bees

Various Herons 🙂

#SweetwaterWetlands Park #Florida #Birds #NaturePhotography

Little Blue, Great Blue and Tricolor!

Tall Reed-Like Plant Blooming Last Month in #SweetwaterWetlands Park #Florida

I like the geniculate (zig-zag) stalks before you get to the flowers!

#Flowers #NaturePhotography

Nothing to see here... 😨

#Alligator #SweetwaterWetlands Park #Florida

Non-breeding Palm Warbler about to pounce!

#Birds #Warblers #NaturePhotography #SweetwaterWetlands Park #Florida

Camouflaged #Alligator and #MoorHen in #SweetwaterWetlands Park

#NaturePhotography #Florida

Purple Gallinule with Huge Yellow Feet!

https://richard.rathe.org/other/sweetwater23/

#SweetwaterWetlands #NaturePhotography #Birds #PurpleGallinule

White Ibis at #SweetwaterWetlands Park #Florida

#Birds #NaturePhotography

Boat-Tailed Grackle eating a snail at Sweetwater Wetlands Park

#NaturePhotography #Birds #SweetwaterWetlands #Florida

While he was picking away at the #snail, another male approached and he went into the head up, wheezy call display while still holding his prey. Note that the light blue eyes are his nictitating membranes or "third eyelids". Also note the #iridescence. Beautiful!

(Mostly) Yellow #Flowers of Fall

#RoadsideFlowers #NaturePhotography #SweetwaterWetlands #Florida

Eastern Phoebe at #SweetwaterWetlands #Florida

#Birds #NaturePhotography #EasternPhoebe

Boat-Tailed Grackle (Male)

#NaturePhotography #SweetwaterWetlands #Birds #Florida

Northern Harrier (about 1/4 mile away)

#NaturePhotography #SweetwaterWetlands #Birds #Florida

#Limpkin Calling at #SweetwaterWetlands Park 2018

Note the ultra thin tongue… used to extract snails from their shells!

#NaturePhotography #Birds #Florida #Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18p3SvDVs6A

#Limpkin at #SweetwaterWetlands #Florida

#NaturePhotography #Birds

#Anhinga also known as the Snake Bird. One of my Favorites!

Note this is the only bird (in #NorthAmerica at least) where the common, genus, species, family names are all the same! 🙂

Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
Anhingidae (...idae = family of)

#NaturePhotography #Birds #Florida

Follow hashtag #SweetwaterWetlands for more photos!

Black-Bellied Whistling #Ducks (with #Alligators!)

#NaturePhotography #SweetwaterWetlands #Birds #Florida

Red-Winged Blackbird

#NaturePhotography #SweetwaterWetlands #Birds #Florida

#Alligator #Alligators !!

#NaturePhotography #SweetwaterWetlands #Florida

#Phoebe #SwampSparrow #RoadsideFlowers

#NaturePhotography #SweetwaterWetlands #Birds #Florida

Florida Critters - Spring 2023

#NaturePhotography #Video #Manatee #Alligator #SweetwaterWetlands #FanningSprings #Birds #LakeSantaFe #Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82HzLkpow8A

Florida Critters - Spring 2023

#NaturePhotography #Video #Manatee #Alligator #SweetwaterWetlands #FanningSprings #Birds #LakeSantaFe #Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82HzLkpow8A

Florida Critters - Spring 2023

#NaturePhotography #Video #Manatee #Alligator #SweetwaterWetlands #FanningSprings #Birds #LakeSantaFe #Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82HzLkpow8A

Florida Critters - Spring 2023

#NaturePhotography #Video #Manatee #Alligator #SweetwaterWetlands #FanningSprings #Birds #LakeSantaFe #Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82HzLkpow8A

#SweetwaterWetlands Park in #Gainesville #Florida this past week!

#NaturePhotography #Wastewater Treatment #Wetlands #Birds