Part Three

Great Blue Heron & chicks

Ardea herodias

Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022

2022-03-08#8637

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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

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Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis - female.

Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022

2022-03-08#8668

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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

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Florida Banded Water Snake

Nerodia fasciata pictiventris

Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022

2022-03-08#8700

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Pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022

2022-03-08#0237

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Spatterdock

Nuphar advena

Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022

2022-03-08#0238

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Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022

2022-03-08#8710

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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

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Giant Leather Fern

Acrostichum danaeifolium

Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022

2022-03-08#0239

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