Part One

  • Little Blue Heron
    Little Blue Heron
    Egretta caerulea - early morning.
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6206
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Heron
    Great Blue Heron
    Ardea herodias
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6208
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tricolored Heron
    Tricolored Heron
    Egretta tricolor
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6228
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Moorhen
    Common Moorhen
    Gallinula chloropus
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6237
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pied-billed Grebe
    Pied-billed Grebe
    Podilymbus podiceps
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6240
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Double-crested Cormorants
    Double-crested Cormorants
    Phalacrocorax auritus - quite far away.
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6247
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red-winged Blackbird
    Red-winged Blackbird
    Agelaius phoeniceus
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6248
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Heron
    Great Blue Heron
    Ardea herodias
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6255
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue-winged Teals
    Blue-winged Teals
    Anas discors
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6267
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White Ibis
    White Ibis
    Eudocimus albus
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6297
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Little Blue Heron
    Little Blue Heron
    Egretta caerulea
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6305
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Coots
    American Coots
    Fulica americana
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6316
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tricolored Heron
    Tricolored Heron
    Egretta tricolor - intense concentration.
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6326
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Double-crested Cormorant
    Double-crested Cormorant
    Phalacrocorax auritus
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6337
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tricolored Heron
    Tricolored Heron
    Egretta tricolor - in flight hover to fish.
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6355
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tricolored Heron
    Tricolored Heron
    Egretta tricolor - interesting fishing technique.
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6363
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Double-crested Cormorant
    Double-crested Cormorant
    Phalacrocorax auritus
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6367
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Grackle
    Common Grackle
    Quiscalus quiscala
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6373
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Moorhens
    Common Moorhens
    Gallinula chloropus - males fighting.
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6384
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Moorhens
    Common Moorhens
    Gallinula chloropus - trying to claw each other.
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6385
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Double-crested Cormorant
    Double-crested Cormorant
    Phalacrocorax auritus
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6394
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Coots
    American Coots
    Fulica americana
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6401
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snowy Egret
    Snowy Egret
    Egretta thula
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6422
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glossy Ibis
    Glossy Ibis
    Plegadis falcinellus
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6439
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glossy Ibis
    Glossy Ibis
    Plegadis falcinellus
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6444
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks
    Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks
    Dendrocygna autumnalis
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6450
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Ardea alba
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6458
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Ardea alba - and reflection.
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6469
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ring-necked Ducks
    Ring-necked Ducks
    Aythya collaris - disturbed by a hunting Peregrine Falcon.
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6471
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cabbage Palm
    Cabbage Palm
    Sabal palmetto
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6476
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Alligator
    American Alligator
    Alligator mississippiensis
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6481
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Swamp Sunflower
    Swamp Sunflower
    Helianthus angustifolius
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6483
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glossy Ibis
    Glossy Ibis
    Plegadis falcinellus
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6495
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret variation
    Great Egret variation
    Ardea alba - unusual gray-blue body coloration.
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6500
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Ardea alba
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6502
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Osprey
    Osprey
    Pandion haliaetus - hovering over a fish.
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6512
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Alligator
    American Alligator
    Alligator mississippiensis
    Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6540
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret & egg
    Great Egret & egg
    Egretta alba - the presence of alligators affords some protection for a lot of nesting birds.
    Gatorland, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#0022
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Alligator
    American Alligator
    Alligator mississippiensis
    Gatorland, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6558
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Alligators
    American Alligators
    Alligator mississippiensis - two massive alligators.
    Gatorland, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6559
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snowy Egret
    Snowy Egret
    Egretta thula - good fishing spot with a lot of small fish often seen around the alligators.
    Gatorland, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#0030
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snowy Egret
    Snowy Egret
    Egretta thula
    Gatorland, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#0035
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snowy Egrets
    Snowy Egrets
    Egretta thula
    Gatorland, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#0041
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Alligators
    American Alligators
    Alligator mississippiensis - a large number of big, fat alligators and some Black Vultures.
    Gatorland, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6571
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Egretta alba - nice breeding plumage that nearly drove the bird to extinction.  The breeding feathers were popular for women's hats many years ago.
    Gatorland, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6582
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Egretta alba
    Gatorland, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6592
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Egretta alba
    Gatorland, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6618
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tricolored Heron
    Tricolored Heron
    Egretta tricolor
    Gatorland, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#0053
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White Ibis
    White Ibis
    Eudocimus albus - juvenile coloration.
    Gatorland, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#0058
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egrets
    Great Egrets
    Egretta alba - a lot of birds had paired.
    Gatorland, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 2022
    2022-03-04#6624
    Larry L. Jackson