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0 0 Osprey

Osprey

by vickiendavidSanibel, Florida, USA

Ding Darling Wildlife Preserve, Sanibel FL, ...

1 0 scalop seashell

scalop seashell

by MagginoelSanibel, Florida, USA

they are in many diffrent collers of them

2 0 Juvenile White Ibis

Juvenile White Ibis

by LaurieVanOstrandSanibel, Florida, USA

Spotted at entry to Sanibel

0 0 Left-handed Hermit Crab

Left-handed Hermit Crab

by MachiSanibel, Florida, United States

Blue spots on chelipeds.

3 2 Pelican

Pelican

by chebeague7Sanibel, Florida, USA

Sanibel,

2 1 Sea Cucumber

Sea Cucumber

by MachiSanibel, Florida, United States

I think this species of sea cucumber washes on the shores of

0 1 Spotting

Spotting

by MachiFlorida, USA

Porcelain crab?

0 0 Florida Hopbush

Florida Hopbush

by MachiFlorida, USA

In some woods near the beach on Sanibel ...

4 3 Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

by JosephSpurrSanibel, Florida, USA

The beautiful pink of a Roseate Spoonbill

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by chebeague3Sanibel, Florida, USA

I saw it on the beach

0 2 Florida softshell turtle

Florida softshell turtle

by chebeague3Sanibel, Florida, USA

I saw it at a wild life refuge

1 0 Potbelly Airplant

Potbelly Airplant

by ceherzogSanibel, Florida, USA

Small airplant native to Florida, Central & South America

5 0 Sanderling

Sanderling

by Tom15Sanibel, Florida, USA

A group of Sanderlings were feeding at the edge of the surf along the causeway ...

0 0 PRICKLY APPLECACTUS

PRICKLY APPLECACTUS

by ceherzogPunta Gorda, Florida, USA

Endemic endangered species

0 0 Giant Red Hermit Crab

Giant Red Hermit Crab

by MachiFlorida, USA

On a beach loaded with seashells on Sanibel ...

5 1 Basilica Orbweaver

Basilica Orbweaver

by MachiFlorida, USA

Distinctive egg sac that looks like a pile of spheres suspended from the web

0 0 Beach Creeper

Beach Creeper

by MachiFlorida, USA

Sandy trail a little ways away from the beach on

0 0 Bay Cedar

Bay Cedar

by MachiFlorida, USA

On the path to the beach on Sanibel

2 0 Fan Flower

Fan Flower

by MachiFlorida, USA

On the path to the beach/sand dunes on

2 3 Pear Whelk Eggs

Pear Whelk Eggs

by MachiFlorida, USA

Washed up on the beach at high tide on

2 1 Sargassum Seaweed

Sargassum Seaweed

by MachiFlorida, USA

Sandy beach with many seashells on Sanibel ...

0 0 Tropical Fimbry

Tropical Fimbry

by MachiFlorida, USA

Near the water's edge (saltwater) at JN Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge ...

2 0 Eastern Banded Tulip

Eastern Banded Tulip

by MachiFlorida, USA

Laid on an empty shell that washed up on a beach in

0 1 Spotting

Spotting

by AtomicAntiSanibel, Florida, USA

Newly dead fish washed up on Sanibel

3 2 Great Egret

Great Egret

by RachelA.ThompsonSanibel, Florida, USA

Great Egret, White/Common Egret

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by AmericanSuburbaniteRuralEnglandSanibel, Florida, USA

3-4 inches lobster or crayfish

0 0 Pied Billed Grebe

Pied Billed Grebe

by john.fermanis.srSanibel, Florida, USA

A small diving bird with a chicken-like bill, the Pied-billed Grebe is common ...

0 0 Upland Cotton

Upland Cotton

by MachiFlorida, USA

http://www.mysanibel.us/council/agendas/Native%20Plants%20of%20

2 4 Mangrove Salt Marsh Snake

Mangrove Salt Marsh Snake

by JosephSpurrSanibel, Florida, USA

A friend of mine gave me the common name of Mangrove Viper(?) Looking for ...

0 0 Gopher Tortoise

Gopher Tortoise

by DeVitoKnowsBestSanibel, Florida, USA

live in small burrowed communities usually with other mates near by.

7 3 Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal

by john.fermanis.srInverness, Illinois, USA

Northern Cardinal

0 0 Osprey

Osprey

by BenHoldridgeFlorida, USA

An adult Osprey resting on a nest platform.

0 1 Spotting

Spotting

by MachiFlorida, USA

Small crab with some debris on it. Not sure if it is a decorator crab

1 0 Lined Sea Star

Lined Sea Star

by MachiFlorida, USA

Many of these were growing the tips of their legs back

1 0 Sea Purslane

Sea Purslane

by MachiFlorida, USA

Thick, succulent leaves, 5-petaled purple flowers

1 0 Mangrove Tree Crab

Mangrove Tree Crab

by MachiFlorida, USA

There were quite a few of these high up in the trees way above our heads

0 0 American White Pelican

American White Pelican

by MachiFlorida, USA

There were probably 50 or so pelicans here, along with Willets, cormorants, and ...

1 1 Spotting

Spotting

by MachiFlorida, USA

Free living algae? Pyrenula cerina (Lichen)?

1 0 Willet

Willet

by MachiFlorida, USA

Hundreds of these were hanging around the pelicans, cormorants, and various ...

2 1 Atlantic Horseshoe Crab

Atlantic Horseshoe Crab

by MachiFlorida, USA

At the edge of the water near mangroves. JN Ding Darling National Wildlife ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by MachiFlorida, USA

Cyclosa, Allocyclosa and Cyrtophora all make trashline-like structures such as ...

2 0 Florida Horse Conch

Florida Horse Conch

by MachiFlorida, USA

This large conch washed up on the beach and I found it pretty far from the ...

4 2 Texas Bow-legged Bug

Texas Bow-legged Bug

by MachiFlorida, USA

First record of this species in Florida on bugguide and Project Noah.

3 0 Nine-armed Sea Star

Nine-armed Sea Star

by MachiFlorida, USA

Plentiful on the beaches here. I think the high tide washed many of them ashore

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by MachiFlorida, USA

Mauve starfish with many small spines/bumps. I'm thinking either Echinaster ...

12 1 Common Bottlenose Dolphin

Common Bottlenose Dolphin

by DonnaPomeroySanibel, Florida, USA

T. truncatus is the largest species of the beaked dolphins

0 0 Yellow Crowned Night Heron, Immature

Yellow Crowned Night Heron, Immature

by lgCostaNutSanibel, Florida, USA

Yellow-crowned Night-Herons live in or near wetlands—on the coast along

3 2 Black Crowned Night Heron (juv)

Black Crowned Night Heron (juv)

by JosephSpurrFort Myers, Florida, USA

Unknown Heron type photographed late evening in a cypress wetland habitat. ...

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