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| Tufted Titmouse |
This morning I met a friend of mine at Mead Gardens. We a very nice time there, though there weren't many birds to speak of there. We saw or heard five species of warbler: Ovenbird, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, and a Black and White Warbler. We also had fun watching a Great Egret preening, a couple Great Blue Herons were in the stream and lake shore. A Cooper's Hawk also made an appearance by the lake shore, swooping down over a couple White Ibises.
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Great Egret
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Since there weren't a lot of birds, we turned our attention to other wildlife. We saw a couple non-native species, including a Brown Anole and a Red-eared Slider.
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| Brown Anole |
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| Red-eared Slider |
But there were also many Eastern Pondhawk dragonflies there, including this beautiful female. And a Rat Snake fell out a tree near us; I have to say, this is probably the prettiest snake I've ever seen.
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| Eastern Pondhawk |
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| Rat Snake |
Nice shots, Scott. I may post some, as well as many taken today at Animal Kingdom, then give subtitles like you do (except with less-informative titles like, "Bird")!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I crouched down to photograph the snake, and it slithered right up to me! It's too bad I didn't have another lens with me.
ReplyDeleteLet me know where you post them; I'd love to see them.
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