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Florida > popular all-time > Water Lily (November 11, 2007)
Florida > popular all-time > Tarpon Bay Sanibel Island Taken from a boat heading back to dock at the end of the 'sunset nature tour'
Florida > popular all-time > Monument to missing rafters
Florida > popular all-time > Miami photo
Florida > popular all-time > Anhinga with catch
Florida > popular all-time > Miami photo
Florida > popular all-time > Miccosukee Indian Village (February 7, 2009) View into the Everglades . . . from what I can tell, there are two different birds in that flock: White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) and Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Florida > popular all-time > Caribbean Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) (September 1, 2008)
Florida > popular all-time > Miami MetroZoo (June 1, 2008) [BAG] Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) [breeding plumage; nonbreeding plumage is a pale yellow head and a white neck] Unique among the world's seven species of pelicans, the Brown Pelican is found along the ocean shores and not on inland lakes. It is the only dark pelican, and also the only one that plunges from the air into the water to catch its food. The sexes look alike with the male being only slightly larger. Shooting for feathers and to "protect" fishing caused declines in pelican populations in the first half of the 20th century. Pesticide poisoning, especially by DDT, caused severe declines across the range in the late 1950's and the extirpation from Louisiana ("the pelican state"). It was listed as Endangered throughout the range in 1970. The ban on DDT led to a population recovery, and it was removed from the Endangered Species list in Atlantic Coast states in 1985. Breeding numbers in most states are stable or increasing, and the total population in the United States now exceeds historical levels.
Monument to missing rafters
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Monument to missing rafters
Photo by: Alex Feldstein • see photo in gallery
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