Part Three

  • Boardwalk
    Boardwalk
    6:22 am at this well-managed reserve in the city.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#0222
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Storks
    Wood Storks
    Mycteria americana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#0225
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Roosting & Nesting Trees
    Roosting & Nesting Trees
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#0223
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egrets
    Great Egrets
    Ardea alba
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8426
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Storks
    Wood Storks
    Mycteria americana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8431
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Storks
    Wood Storks
    Mycteria americana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8433
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red-winged Blackbird
    Red-winged Blackbird
    Agelaius phoeniceus - male.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8450
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
    Red-bellied Woodpecker
    Melanerpes carolinus - male.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8456
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Yellowthroat
    Common Yellowthroat
    Geothlypis trichas - male.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8474
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Storks
    Wood Storks
    Mycteria americana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8478
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Anhinga
    Anhinga
    Anhinga anhinga - female on nest.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8481
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron
    Black-crowned Night-Heron
    Nycticorax nycticorax
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8488
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Roosting & Nesting Trees
    Roosting & Nesting Trees
    Wood Storks
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#0227
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rock Dove
    Rock Dove
    Columba livia
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8492
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Ardea alba
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8494
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Photographers
    Photographers
    The reserve attracts a lot of photographers.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#0230
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks
    Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks
    Dendrocygna autumnalis
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8509
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glossy Ibis
    Glossy Ibis
    Plegadis falcinellus
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8519
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Marsh Rabbit
    Marsh Rabbit
    Sylvilagus palustris
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8524
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks
    Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks
    Dendrocygna autumnalis
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8531
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Boat-tailed Grackle
    Boat-tailed Grackle
    Quiscalus major - male.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8544
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Boat-tailed Grackle
    Boat-tailed Grackle
    Quiscalus major - female.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8547
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple Swamphen
    Purple Swamphen
    Porphyrio porphyrio
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8558
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple Swamphens
    Purple Swamphens
    Porphyrio porphyrio
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8568
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple Swamphens
    Purple Swamphens
    Porphyrio porphyrio
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8572
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue-winged Teals
    Blue-winged Teals
    Anas discors
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8582
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Bittern
    American Bittern
    Botaurus lentiginosus
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8594
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Little Blue Herons
    Little Blue Herons
    Egretta caerulea
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8606
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egrets
    Great Egrets
    Ardea alba
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8612
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spatterdock
    Spatterdock
    Nuphar advena
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8620
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Heron & chicks
    Great Blue Heron & chicks
    Ardea herodias
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8637
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Least Bittern
    Least Bittern
    Ixobrychus exilis - female.  I thought this might be the best view of this cryptic species.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8659
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Least Bittern
    Least Bittern
    Ixobrychus exilis - female.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8668
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Least Bittern
    Least Bittern
    Ixobrychus exilis - male.  The male never came out as far as the female.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8683
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Florida Banded Water Snake
    Florida Banded Water Snake
    Nerodia fasciata pictiventris
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8700
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pickerelweed
    Pickerelweed
    Pontederia cordata
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#0237
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spatterdock
    Spatterdock
    Nuphar advena
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#0238
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Stork
    Wood Stork
    Mycteria americana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8710
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Stork
    Wood Stork
    Mycteria americana - shading an area with the wing is a fishing technique.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8721
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Leather Fern
    Giant Leather Fern
    Acrostichum danaeifolium
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#0239
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fire Flag
    Fire Flag
    Thalia geniculata
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#0240
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Alligator
    American Alligator
    Alligator mississippiensis
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8729
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Double-crested Cormorant
    Double-crested Cormorant
    Phalacrocorax auritus
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8744
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Moorhen & chcks
    Common Moorhen & chcks
    Gallinula chloropus
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8749
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Moorhens & chcks
    Common Moorhens & chcks
    Gallinula chloropus
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8751
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Iguana
    Green Iguana
    Iguana iguana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8755
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
    Eastern Gray Squirrel
    Sciurus carolinensis
    Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8764
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Stork
    Wood Stork
    Mycteria americana - drying after a bath.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8769
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Roosting & Nesting Trees
    Roosting & Nesting Trees
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#0245
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Roosting & Nesting Trees
    Roosting & Nesting Trees
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#0246
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Ardea alba
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8778
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Heron
    Green Heron
    Butorides virescens
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8790
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Stork
    Wood Stork
    Mycteria americana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8802
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret with three eggs
    Great Egret with three eggs
    Ardea alba
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8809
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Florida Cooter
    Florida Cooter
    Pseudemys floridana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8823
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glossy Ibis
    Glossy Ibis
    Plegadis falcinellus
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8828
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Basilica Spider
    Basilica Spider
    Mecynogea lemniscata
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8838
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Heron
    Great Blue Heron
    Ardea herodias
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8845
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Moorhen
    Common Moorhen
    Gallinula chloropus
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8850
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Stork drying
    Wood Stork drying
    Mycteria americana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8859
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White Mangrove Trees
    White Mangrove Trees
    Laguncularia racemosa
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#0247
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Iguana
    Green Iguana
    Iguana iguana - looks like the egg 'tooth' is still there.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8869
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Iguana
    Green Iguana
    Iguana iguana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8873
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
    Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
    Dendrocygna autumnalis
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8886
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
    Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
    Dendrocygna autumnalis
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8889
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arrow Arum
    Arrow Arum
    Peltandra virginica
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#0260
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Storks
    Wood Storks
    Mycteria americana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8894
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Storks
    Wood Storks
    Mycteria americana - not much squabbling in this close bunch of Storks.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022
    2022-03-08#8896
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
    Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
    Dendrocygna autumnalis
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#8906
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Heron & chicks
    Great Blue Heron & chicks
    Ardea herodias
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#8909
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Ardea alba
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#8916
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Heron
    Great Blue Heron
    Ardea herodias
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#8930
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Stork
    Wood Stork
    Mycteria americana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#8934
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks
    Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks
    Dendrocygna autumnalis
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#8937
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Ardea alba
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#8949
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Ardea alba
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#8955
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Palm Warbler (Eastern)
    Palm Warbler (Eastern)
    Dendroica palmarum
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#8984
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Anhinga with fish
    Anhinga with fish
    Anhinga anhinga - this fish looks too big to swallow.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#9004
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Stork
    Wood Stork
    Mycteria americana - with nesting material.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#9014
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Iguana
    Green Iguana
    Iguana iguana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#9032
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Stork
    Wood Stork
    Mycteria americana
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#9051
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Belted Kingfisher
    Belted Kingfisher
    Ceryle alcyon - female.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#9068
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Roseate Spoonbill
    Roseate Spoonbill
    Ajaia ajaja - 2nd year.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#9077
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Storks
    Wood Storks
    Mycteria americana with a Great Egret in the foreground.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#9084
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Stork
    Wood Stork
    Mycteria americana - with nest material.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#9105
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Roseate Spoonbill
    Roseate Spoonbill
    Ajaia ajaja - 2nd year.
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#9127
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Heron
    Green Heron
    Butorides virescens
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#9137
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bald Eagle juvenile
    Bald Eagle juvenile
    Haliaeetus leucocephalus - rain made for a short, wet stop at the nest at the end of the trip.
    near Orlando, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#9155
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wreck
    Wreck
    The driver was fortunate to have survived this wreck that really backed up traffic.
    I95, Orlando, Florida, March 9, 2022
    2022-03-09#9176
    Larry L. Jackson