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0 0 Mangrove Tree Crab

Mangrove Tree Crab

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

A crab associated with Mangroves,

5 4 Great Egret chicks

Great Egret chicks

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

Found in a mangrove rookery in Roberts Bay: ...

1 3 Yellow-crowned Night- Heron

Yellow-crowned Night- Heron

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

Acquires plumes in breeding season

1 0 Sea Urchin

Sea Urchin

by jasmurdoSarasota, Florida, USA

Pincushion Urchin

2 1 Great Egret chicks

Great Egret chicks

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

nesting on mangrove island in bay

0 0 Double-crested Cormorants chicks

Double-crested Cormorants chicks

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

Mangrove island in the bay

3 0 Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

46" WS 72" Large gray-blue heron with distinctive black stripe above eye.

12 0 Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

26" WS 36", White belly & foreneck contrasts with dark upperparts

2 6 Butterfly Orchid

Butterfly Orchid

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

Epiphytic orchid found in mesic hammocks in the Tampa

3 0 Great Blue Heron Chicks

Great Blue Heron Chicks

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

chicks calling for food

11 7 Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

Large bulky owl..white throat, long ears

4 4 Red-breasted Mergansers

Red-breasted Mergansers

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

L 23" m Shaggy double crest, white collar,& streaked breast

4 5 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron juvenile

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron juvenile

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

24", foraging bird of shorelines searching for crabs & crayfish

0 2 Pied-billed Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

L 13" WS 16" Dives for aquatic insects, crayfish & small fish. Uncommon but ...

1 2 Beet Webworm Moth

Beet Webworm Moth

by ceherzogLongboat Key, Florida, USA

Stirred this small (1/2") moth up while walking in overgrown grass.

22 4 Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

by ceherzogUSA

This is a 3rd year Eagle...head is in the process of turning white

0 0 Bonaparte's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

L 13 1/2", WS 33", in winter plumage the black spot behind the eye & orange ...

2 0 American Oystercatcher

American Oystercatcher

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

Their laterally flattened bills can reach inside mollusks & pry them open.

1 0 Litle Blue Heron (immature)

Litle Blue Heron (immature)

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

A smallish heron of the southeastern United States, the Little Blue Heron ...

7 4 Mullet

Mullet

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

This fish is common and used as a food source. It is usually caught in Florida ...

3 0 Green Heron (immatures)

Green Heron (immatures)

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

A small, stocky wading bird, the Green Heron is common in wet spots across much ...

5 7 Striped Burrfish

Striped Burrfish

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

It is distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter, less sharply ...

2 4 Gulf Fritillary

Gulf Fritillary

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

, as far north as the San Francisco Bay ...

0 0 Cuban Brown Anole

Cuban Brown Anole

by alicelongmartinSarasota, Florida, USA

A lizard that actually moved up from Mexico and is causing Florida to lose ...

2 2 Osprey

Osprey

by Kymberlee RickeSarasota, Florida, USA

A large eagle-like bird with brown feathers on his back and white on the front. ...

27 33 Gopher Tortoise Juvenile

Gopher Tortoise Juvenile

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

This is a young Gopher Tortoise perhaps 3" long. He looks way more colorful ...

0 1 Black-necked Stilt

Black-necked Stilt

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

Adults have long pink legs and a long thin black bill. They are white below and ...

2 0 Magnificient Frigatebird with Video

Magnificient Frigatebird with Video

by ceherzogFlorida, USA

The Magnificent Frigatebird is 100 cm (39 inches) long with a 215 cm (85 inch) ...

3 0 Florida Scrub Jay

Florida Scrub Jay

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

A bold and curious bird, the Florida Scrub-Jay can become hand-tame in areas ...

8 12 Ceraunus Blue

Ceraunus Blue

by MichelleMccrackenLargo, Florida, USA

male violet blue with white fringes and small black spot along outer hindwing ...

2 0 Brown Anole

Brown Anole

by Kymberlee RickeFlorida, USA

Brown Anoles are normally a light brown color with markings on their back that ...

0 0 American Crocodile

American Crocodile

by JackEngFlorida, USA

National Park, Florida Bay, Biscayne

8 6 Florida Bobcat

Florida Bobcat

by JamesCramerSarasota, Florida, USA

reach seven inches in length. Sometimes called the

1 0 Bottlenose dolphin

Bottlenose dolphin

by JackEngNorth Miami, Florida, USA

Bottlenose dolphins (the genus Tursiops) - feeding among humans (Homo sapiens) ...

1 0 Bottlenose dolphin

Bottlenose dolphin

by JackEngNorth Miami, Florida, USA

Bottlenose dolphin (the genus Tursiops) - feeding in Biscayne

6 4 American Bald Eagle

American Bald Eagle

by JamesCramerSarasota, Florida, USA

The plumage of an adult Bald Eagle is evenly dark brown with a white head and ...

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