Observations by sandbluff

Please help me ID the plant on the right!! The bird is a Mourning Dove

Captive mute swan at the conservatory.

Not sure if the address is spot on, but I saw about 20 of these flying above the Island Inn pool.

This is a shrike far away in a dead palm tree on Bateman Road, east of Hickey's Creek Mitigation Area.

There was a tricolored heron very close to us in the water. It was preening out down feathers.

There were 4 of these scattered around the park. They were large turtles!

This was a 4ft American Alligator in the water at the preserve.

There were 4 adults and 5 chicks.

There were many swallow-tailed kites flying overhead. There were about 20 over a half-hour span that were circling above.

This is an immature Great Blue Heron in the rain standing in water near Wildlife Dr.

There were several reddish egrets in the water in various places in the refuge.

There were several of these herons on Wildlife Dr. eating small crabs off the leaves and ground. This one ate a small brown anole.

This heron was standing on an island in the middle of the tract.

There were around 5 of these around the park. They are the most bold of all the herons and come close to the cars on the road.

I woke up and went outside, and there were 27 brown peli
cans in one tree. They were perching on small branches.

There were 3 Loggerhead Shrikes sitting on barbed wire on the left side of the road. AT one point, one caught a bug, impaled it on the wire, and ate it.