Our day started out looking for Florida Scrub-Jays.
The birds were “abundant.” We probably saw between 8-12 in about 100 yards of walking.
This one was color-banded.
Along the road as we headed back to Black Point Wildlife Drive we found a slough with hundreds of swollen bladderworts.
Gulf fritillaries were quite common, especially at the bristly thistles.
Salt march skippers were abundant at thistles and Spanish needles.
This is a Whirlabout at Spanish needles.
Susan found a caterpillar of a Gulf Fritillary.
Finally spotted a Green Heron.
I was about to photograph this Reddish Egret when somebody flushed it. Fortunately I fired off a quite shot as it took to flight. Fortunately, it was still in focus.
Another interesting plant was this tropical milkweed. Which will probably being attracting butterflies in another day or two.
Tricolored Herons were more common today then they were yesterday.
This is a Florida green watersnake.
We found a whole pile of Florida cooters.
Our final stop was to look for manatees.
We were fortunate in good a decent look, without a decent photo of a manatee.
More tomorrow…
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