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Largest of the Kingfishers is Australia’s Laughing Kookaburra seen here at the Brevard Zoo. This bird of prey is noted for its manic call, which is a key feature in the background audio of a lot of Hollywood jungle movies regardless of the continent the featured jungle is supposed to be located.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Australia, Dacelo novaeguineae, Kingfisher, Laughing Kookaburra
by terranovabay
Okay, this will be the last Jaguar photo from the Brevard Zoo for the foreseeable future. The fun thing about the Jaguar exhibit is that the Jaguars can climb out of their ground level enclosure and go up onto an aptly named catwalk that passes high over the path taken by the Zoo visitors. A fact that often goes unnoticed by people until it is pointed out that a Jaguar is staring at them from overhead usually leading to some […]
Categories: Nature • Tags: Brevard Zoo, Jaguar, Panthera orca
by terranovabay
Can’t get enough of the Jaguars at the Brevard Zoo. Beautiful animals in a safe if limited environment. Trees for them to climb on in their enclosure provides only a partial view of one of the Jaguars from this angle.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Brevard Zoo, Jaguar, Panthera onca
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This Jaguar at the Brevard Zoo could not seem to find a place to settle as it laid down then got up again to pace its enclosure numerous times.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Brevard Zoo, Jaguar, Panthera onca
by terranovabay
Another leftover image from last weekend’s visit to the Stick Marsh. As the blue sky covered over with clouds ahead of the impending rain this Black Vulture came swooping by on a very close approach. For more, see Stick Marsh Action in Two Parts – Part One and Part Two.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus, Fellsmere, Stick Marsh
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A leftover image from last weekend’s visit to the Stick Marsh sees this Roseate Spoonbill flying over an Alligator in the water. For more, see Stick Marsh Action in Two Parts – Part One and Part Two.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, Fellsmere, Platalea ajaja, Roseate Spoonbill, Stick Marsh
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Continuing now with Part 2 of Stick Marsh Action in Two Parts. Great Egret against dark storm clouds. Head on view of a Roseate Spoonbill. Roseate Spoonbill Roseate Spoonbill Great Blue Heron walking dangerously close to an Alligator. Anhinga Snowy Egrets Roseate Spoonbill Roseate Spoonbill Great Egret Adult Roseate Spoonbill with a juvenile begging for food. Cattle Egret Great Egret Alligator Great Egret Great Egret Needless to say, the Alligators are attracted to the rookery islands on the off chance […]
Categories: Nature • Tags: Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga, Aramus guarauna, Ardea alba, Ardea herodias, Blue Cypress Conservation Area, Bubulcus ibis, Cattle Egret, Egretta thula, Fellsmere, Fellsmere Grade Road, Great Blue Heron, Limpkin, Platalea ajaja, Roseate Spoonbill, Snowy Egret, St. Johns River, Stick Marsh
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The Blue Cypress Conservation Area is part of the 52,671-acre Upper St. Johns River Basin Project. Drained for agriculture in the early 1900s, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers is trying to reestablish a semblance of extensive wetland habitats that defined the area prior to its disruption. The Conservation Area is home to many species of wildlife, including two islands newly adopted near the Stick Marsh boat launch as rookeries for Roseate Spoonbills and other wading birds. Stick Marsh Action […]
Categories: Nature • Tags: Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga, Aramus guarauna, Ardea alba, Blue Cypress Conservation Area, Egretta thula, Fellsmere, Fellsmere Grade Road, Limpkin, Platalea ajaja, Roseate Spoonbill, Snowy Egret, St. Johns River, Stick Marsh
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A chance encounter with an Osprey eating a fish along a lonely stretch of Fellsmere Grade Road seemed to be the perfect setup for a photo opportunity. I pulled off the side of the road with the intention of using the car as a blind. The Fish Hawk seemed relaxed to my presence so I settled in to shoot out the driver’s side window. Alas, barreling down the dirt road came a pickup truck, startling the Osprey into flight and […]
Categories: Nature • Tags: Dorosoma cepedianum, Fellsmere, Fellsmere Grade Road, Fish Hawk, Gizzard Shad, Ichthyologist, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
by terranovabay
This tiny tassel flower looks like a fireworks display momentarily frozen in time. In Florida, this is considered a landscape weed. You know how the old saying goes, one person’s weeds are another person’s flowers. Which is especially true in my yard.
Categories: Nature • Tags: ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Tassel Flower
