Nature and Wildlife

A waterspout over the ocean, as seen from our back yard.

American Green Tree Frog

A mourning dove, nesting in the grapefruit tree outside the front door.

A ghost crab, on the beach

Sea oats on the dunes near our house

Ospreys and nest

Stingray
Egrets

Armadillo

A family of pink flamingos, in the wild

This one has been tagged by the Florida Wildlife Association.

A coconut palm tree I just planted.
Bookmark this page and check back in five or six years to see how it's doing.
That is a Sea Grape tree in the background.

See the tree, how big it's grown
but friend it hasn't been too long it was a nut.
She laughed at me and I got mad,
the first day that I planted, it, she teased my butt.
Two pictures of Sand Hill Cranes.



Manatee

A Roseate Spoonbill

A nice shot of seagulls in flight.

A pair of Snowbirdus Americanus.
These migrate between here and New York. The male is identified by the white bands
on the legs and the black feet, while the female sports the purple plumage on her head.

Spider web in the morning dew.

An osprey with his half-eaten fish.

Kay watching a storm come in from the north.

A very strange bird is the pelican,

Hurricanes Floyd and Irene (1999) really caused a lot of damage and beach erosion.

Here is Kay holding Maxxi beside a washed out dune crossover.

This shows how the surf and sand can remove the finish from wood.
A manatee at the boat dock.


Three shots of a FLORIDA SCRUB JAY.
The bird is an endangered species and is native to Florida.

A LOGGERHEAD turtle laying eggs in the dunes.

Kay and another lady looking at the eggs.

All finished... going back into the ocean.

Here's what happens when the turtle doesn't cover the eggs; the raccoons come and eat the eggs.
Two BALD EAGLES at the local zoo.
The birds are injured and cannot be freed.
Notice the missing right wing on the eagle in front.

A great blue heron, waiting for me to catch him a fish.

A blackbird with an identity problem.
I like the logo of our local zoo. Click the logo to visit the zoo page.

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