When swimming, their tails at like flamenco skirts -- so graceful, so dramatic
male with chestnut cap in palm tree. The other (on brick steps) is female lacking rusty cap
These are so beautiful! I took the topside photo; underside photo by brother-in-law Neil Judell
White-crowned Pigeon
Key West, Florida
25April 1996
I'm IDing this from a bird book. Can someone confirm?
There were chickens running wild all over the island. (I'll do a separate observation for the smaller bird next to one chicken.) If there's anything special about this type of chicken, please let me know. I just thought it was random. =)
UPDATE: Thanks to Anita363 for pegging down the identification of this little Key West traveler! RAH!
~ janson jones,
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This is undoubtedly the most comically pissed off rock dove I've ever seen in Florida. It looked nervous, jittery, and a little more than beat up. More than usual. If the bird had been a human, I would've guessed hungover-spring-breaker. Loved this bird.
~ janson jones,
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Also known as the wharf crab, these small crabs can be found on wharfs, jetties, and other rocky shoreline structures. I've seen quite a few in Key West.
~ janson jones,
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Gallus gallus domesticus, or your ordinary rooster... Living it free and large in Key West, Florida.
~ janson jones,
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Walking around the Key West Botanical Forest and Garden, we spotted two Florida box turtles mating. Awkward, but impressive.
~ janson jones,
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The spiny orbweaver, a remarkably common (and tiny) spider on the Floridian peninsula.
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A solitary white ibis on Stock Island, Florida Keys.
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This is a young Cuban brown anole molting in a Key West backyard. The "shedding" of the "skin" can be a messy process with brown anoles. This individual was wearing a part of his old coat like a vest. Classic.
~ janson jones,
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A rather classic and sporty Cuban brown anole, Anolis sagrei, photographed in Key West, Florida. They may be invasive and they may be giving the native Carolina green anoles a run for their money, but I still can't help but to admire the Cuban brown anole's beauty and energy.
~ janson jones,
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Updated: Many thanks for helping identify this, y'all!
This little critter was loitering about on the oceanside of the Southernmost Point seawall in Key West, Florida. This was late at night, a little before eleven pm.
~ janson jones,
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To be identified by those more knowledgeable than myself!
This was in Key West, at night, just over the Southernmost Point seawall. I've seen many of these at this spot on multiple occasions.
Any ideas?
I've seen photographs of this crab classified as a sally lightfoot online -- but they were unclear as to whether it's Genus Grapsus or Percnon. Many contradictions and I simply don't know enough about crabs to make much more than a blind guess.
My official blind guess (today, at least): Grapsus tenuicrustatus.
What do you think? I need your help!
I've seen this species throughout the years in Key West --specifically just over the seawall at the "90 Miles to Cuba" Southernmost Point marker-- always at night.
~ janson jones,
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