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  • Key Deer Fawn

    Key Deer Fawn

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  • Willet Basking in the Early Morning Glow

    Willet Basking in the Early Morning Glow

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  • The Endangered Key Deer.  Taken at the National Key Deer Refuge, Florida Keys.

    The Endangered Key Deer. Taken at the National Key Deer Refuge, Florida Keys.

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  • "Golden Heron"<br />
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The rare, and once hunted to extinction, great white heron poses in the last light of the evening.

    "Golden Heron"

    The rare, and once hunted to extinction, great white heron poses in the last light of the evening.

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  • Brown Noddy in Sea Lavender

    Brown Noddy in Sea Lavender

    brown noddydry tortugas national parkseabirds

  • Semipalmated plover feasts on marine worms in the shoreline.

    Semipalmated plover feasts on marine worms in the shoreline.

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  • American Avocet in Winter Plumage

    American Avocet in Winter Plumage

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  • Reddish Egret portrait

    Reddish Egret portrait

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  • "Waiting for the Tide"<br />
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Little Torch Key, FL

    "Waiting for the Tide"

    Little Torch Key, FL

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  • Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt

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  • "Welcome to my World"<br />
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Black Crowned Night Heron, Turner River- Big Cypress National Preserve

    "Welcome to my World"

    Black Crowned Night Heron, Turner River- Big Cypress National Preserve

    black crowned night heronBig Cypress National Preserveheronbird

  • Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit<br />
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Sylvilagus palustris hefneri clings to survival as the tide rises around it and an assortment of human-caused problems plague its remaining habitat.  Habitat loss and modification, competition from a host of invasive competitors and predators, and other factors leave the future of this subspecies in question.

    Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit

    Sylvilagus palustris hefneri clings to survival as the tide rises around it and an assortment of human-caused problems plague its remaining habitat. Habitat loss and modification, competition from a host of invasive competitors and predators, and other factors leave the future of this subspecies in question.

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  • Reddish Egret and catch in the shallow north beach lagoon of Ft. Desoto at the mouth of Tampa Bay.

    Reddish Egret and catch in the shallow north beach lagoon of Ft. Desoto at the mouth of Tampa Bay.

    reddish egretFt. DesotoTampa

  • A rare site in modern Florida.  It is said that once these birds were more common in Florida than vultures.  However, they do not do well in urbanized environments and need large tracts of prairie to survive. They can still be found in the most rural parts of interior central Florida.  Good places to see them include Myakka State Park and Dinner Island WMA.

    A rare site in modern Florida. It is said that once these birds were more common in Florida than vultures. However, they do not do well in urbanized environments and need large tracts of prairie to survive. They can still be found in the most rural parts of interior central Florida. Good places to see them include Myakka State Park and Dinner Island WMA.

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  • Florida race of the red-shouldered hawk searches for prey, Everglades National Park

    Florida race of the red-shouldered hawk searches for prey, Everglades National Park

    redshouldered hawkEverglades National Parkbird

  • Great Blue Heron on Black

    Great Blue Heron on Black

    great blue heronbirdflorida

  • Gopher tortoise

    Gopher tortoise

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  • Cardinal

    Cardinal

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  • Key Deer Buck, National Key Deer Refuge<br />
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This image was created recently and it shows the endangered Key deer in its native habitat, the pine rockland of the lower Keys. The Key deer is the smallest sub-species of the North American white-tailed deer, usually weighing less than 80 pounds and standing less than waist high on most people. Key deer were threatened by over-hunting until it was prohibited in the early 1950s when the population was estimated to be 50 individuals. Since that time things have changed dramatically in the Keys, and new anthropogenic threats are new placing pressures on the abundance and distribution of the Key deer--like habitat loss, vehicular traffic, habitat fragmentation, and illegal feeding. We can be proud that after half a century of protection, their population has increased by more than ten times. However, today in the age of climate change and sea level rise, their future remains uncertain.

    Key Deer Buck, National Key Deer Refuge

    This image was created recently and it shows the endangered Key deer in its native habitat, the pine rockland of the lower Keys. The Key deer is the smallest sub-species of the North American white-tailed deer, usually weighing less than 80 pounds and standing less than waist high on most people. Key deer were threatened by over-hunting until it was prohibited in the early 1950s when the population was estimated to be 50 individuals. Since that time things have changed dramatically in the Keys, and new anthropogenic threats are new placing pressures on the abundance and distribution of the Key deer--like habitat loss, vehicular traffic, habitat fragmentation, and illegal feeding. We can be proud that after half a century of protection, their population has increased by more than ten times. However, today in the age of climate change and sea level rise, their future remains uncertain.

    key deerNational Key Deer RefugeFlorida Keysdeerendangered

  • Green Heron in breeding plumage, Everglades National Park

    Green Heron in breeding plumage, Everglades National Park

    green heronEverglades National ParkbirdFlorida

  • Raccoon portrait

    Raccoon portrait

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  • Anhinga Blur

    Anhinga Blur

    anhingabirdFlorida

  • Watching the Prairie Disappear

    Watching the Prairie Disappear

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  • Loggerhead Shrike

    Loggerhead Shrike

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  • Banded Water Snake

    Banded Water Snake

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  • Sherman's Fox Squirrel

    Sherman's Fox Squirrel

    shermans fox squirrelFlorida

  • Great Egret flies into the Sunset

    Great Egret flies into the Sunset

    great egretsunsetFlorida

  • Eye to Eye With an Armadillo

    Eye to Eye With an Armadillo

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  • Black-bellied Plover, Ft. Desoto Park

    Black-bellied Plover, Ft. Desoto Park

    ploverblackbellied ploverFt. DesotoFlorida

  • Red-winged Black Bird

    Red-winged Black Bird

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  • Willet Feeding at Dusk

    Willet Feeding at Dusk

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  • Semipalmated Plover Watches the Sunset

    Semipalmated Plover Watches the Sunset

    semipalmated ploverbirdFlorida

  • Tricolored Heron, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

    Tricolored Heron, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

    tricolored heronbirdFloridaMerritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

  • Glance from a Key Deer

    Glance from a Key Deer

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  • Semipalmated Plover, Ft. Desoto Park

    Semipalmated Plover, Ft. Desoto Park

    semipalmated ploverFt. DesotoFloridabird

  • "Egret Fight"<br />
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Snowy egrets fight for a prize fishing spot in an ephemeral pond on Big Pine Key.

    "Egret Fight"

    Snowy egrets fight for a prize fishing spot in an ephemeral pond on Big Pine Key.

    IMG2903egretfightFloridaBig Pine Key

  • Gator with Dragonflies

    Gator with Dragonflies

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  • Downy Woodpecker

    Downy Woodpecker

    woodpeckerFlorida

  • Florida Panther<br />
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(captive)

    Florida Panther

    (captive)

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  • Ibis at Sunrise

    Ibis at Sunrise

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  • Cormorant profile

    Cormorant profile

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  • White Morph Reddish Egret

    White Morph Reddish Egret

    reddish egretFloridabird

  • Ruddy Turnstone working the wrack line for a meal

    Ruddy Turnstone working the wrack line for a meal

    ruddy turnstonebirdFlorida

  • "Sooty Tern in Flight"<br />
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Dry Tortugas National Park

    "Sooty Tern in Flight"

    Dry Tortugas National Park

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  • Endangered Key Deer Fawn

    Endangered Key Deer Fawn

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  • Yellow Crowned Night Heron

    Yellow Crowned Night Heron

    yellow crowned night heronheronFlorida

  • Doe in the flatwoods prairie at sunset

    Doe in the flatwoods prairie at sunset

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