2014-01 Marco Island Area, Florida #2

  • Cracklin' Jacks
    Cracklin' Jacks
    Our first stop of the trip for a meal.
    Naples, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#0609
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Room #825 View
    Room #825 View
    Hilton Hotel, Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4215
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Beach View, North
    Beach View, North
    We went for a long walk North on the beach.
    Hilton Hotel, Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4217
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Beach View, South
    Beach View, South
    Looking South.
    Hilton Hotel, Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4218
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ring-billed Gull
    Ring-billed Gull
    Larus delawarensis
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4220
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sanderlings
    Sanderlings
    Calidris alba
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4233
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Willet
    Willet
    Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4236
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Laughing Gulls
    Laughing Gulls
    Larus atricilla
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4245
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Gulf of Mexico
    Gulf of Mexico
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4250
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Royal Terns
    Royal Terns
    Thalasseus maximus
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4254
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Skimmers
    Black Skimmers
    Rhynchops niger
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4265
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Skimmers
    Black Skimmers
    Rhynchops niger
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4268
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Royal Terns
    Royal Terns
    Thalasseus maximus
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4274
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sponge
    Sponge
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4276
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Gulf of Mexico
    Gulf of Mexico
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4302
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Skimmers
    Black Skimmers
    Rhynchops niger
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4322
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Shells
    Shells
    Mostly living Strombus specie.
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4325
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Conchs
    Conchs
    Strombus specie
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4327
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Osprey
    Osprey
    Pandion haliaetus
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4331
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snowy Egret
    Snowy Egret
    Egretta thula - with nice plumage.
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4335
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bivalves
    Bivalves
    Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4341
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Beach Sunflower
    Beach Sunflower
    Helianthus debilis
    Hilton Hotel, Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014
    2014-01-09#4343
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Storks
    Wood Storks
    Mycteria americana
    Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#6899
    Larry L. Jackson
  • West Indian Manatees
    West Indian Manatees
    Trichechus manatus - mother and young.
    Oasis Visitor Center, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#4346
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Alligator
    American Alligator
    Alligator mississippiensis
    Loop Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#4351
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White Ibis
    White Ibis
    Eudocimus albus
    Loop Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#6921
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snowy Egret
    Snowy Egret
    Egretta thula
    Loop Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#6925
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bald Cypress trees
    Bald Cypress trees
    Taxodium distichum - with lots of bromeliads.
    Loop Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#4357
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Ardea alba
    Loop Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#6935
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Airplant
    Giant Airplant
    Tillandsia fasciculata - in bloom.
    Loop Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#4359
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Blue Heron
    Great Blue Heron
    Ardea herodias
    Loop Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#6958
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Ardea alba - with a fish.
    Turner River Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#6970
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Alligator
    American Alligator
    Alligator mississippiensis
    Turner River Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#4364
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Vulture
    Black Vulture
    Coragyps atratus
    Turner River Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#4369
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Alligator
    American Alligator
    Alligator mississippiensis
    Turner River Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#6975
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Alligator
    American Alligator
    Alligator mississippiensis
    Turner River Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#6977
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red Mangrove
    Red Mangrove
    Rhizophora mangle
    Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#4370
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Osprey
    Osprey
    Pandion haliaetus - on nest.
    Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#6990
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red Mangroves
    Red Mangroves
    Rhizophora mangle
    Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#4375
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White Ibis
    White Ibis
    Eudocimus albus - in Red Mangrove roots.
    Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#6999
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White Ibis
    White Ibis
    Eudocimus albus - in Red Mangrove roots.
    Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#7008
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White Ibis
    White Ibis
    Eudocimus albus - in Red Mangrove roots.
    Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#4378
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American White Pelicans
    American White Pelicans
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos - and a few Double-crested Cormorants.
    Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#7022
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American White Pelicans
    American White Pelicans
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
    Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#7032
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American White Pelicans
    American White Pelicans
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos - and a few Double-crested Cormorants.
    Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#7037
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American White Pelicans
    American White Pelicans
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
    Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#4381
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bottlenose Dolphin
    Bottlenose Dolphin
    Tursiops truncatus - with unhealthy looking skin.
    Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#7071
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Gulf of Mexico
    Gulf of Mexico
    Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#4386
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tower View
    Tower View
    Marsh Trail, Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#4391
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Egret
    Great Egret
    Ardea alba
    Marsh Trail, Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#7100
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Alligator
    American Alligator
    Alligator mississippiensis - juvenile.
    Marsh Trail, Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#4392
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Gray Catbird
    Gray Catbird
    Dumetella carolinensis
    Marsh Trail, Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#7109
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Marsh Rabbit
    Marsh Rabbit
    Sylvilagus palustris
    Marsh Trail, Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#7126
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brown Anole
    Brown Anole
    Anolis sagrei
    Marsh Trail, Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, January 10, 2014
    2014-01-10#7132
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Burrowing Owls
    Burrowing Owls
    Athene cunicularia - were our first stop for the day in a residential area.
    Marco Island, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7168
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Big Cypress Fox Squirrel
    Big Cypress Fox Squirrel
    Sciurus niger
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7176
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red-shouldered Hawk
    Red-shouldered Hawk
    Buteo lineatus - sunning.
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7188
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Airplant
    Giant Airplant
    Tillandsia utriculata
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4397
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Debbie on the Boardwalk
    Debbie on the Boardwalk
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4399
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Resurrection Fern
    Resurrection Fern
    Pleopeltis polypodioides
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4400
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Banded Water Snake
    Banded Water Snake
    Nerodia fasciata
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7202
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Needleleaf Wild Pine
    Needleleaf Wild Pine
    Tillandsia setacea - a bromeliad.
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4402
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Slash Pine bark
    Slash Pine bark
    Pinus elliottii densa
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4404
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ferns
    Ferns
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4405
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Swamp
    Swamp
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4407
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Swamp
    Swamp
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4408
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Water Fern
    Water Fern
    Salvinia minima
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4410
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Swamp
    Swamp
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4411
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Great Crested Flycatcher
    Great Crested Flycatcher
    Myiarchus crinitus
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7210
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wood Storks
    Wood Storks
    Mycteria americana
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7213
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Gray Catbird
    Gray Catbird
    Dumetella carolinensis
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7229
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Racoon
    Racoon
    Procyon lotor
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4414
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Racoon
    Racoon
    Procyon lotor - hunting for food.
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4418
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Leather Fern
    Giant Leather Fern
    Acrostichum danaeifolium
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4421
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Strap Fern
    Strap Fern
    Campyloneurum phyllitidis
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4422
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Anhinga
    Anhinga
    Anhinga anhinga
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7240
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Water Lettuce
    Water Lettuce
    Pistia stratiotes
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4424
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White Ibis
    White Ibis
    Eudocimus albus - my favorite photo of the trip.
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7251
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red-shouldered Hawk
    Red-shouldered Hawk
    Buteo lineatus
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7258
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grasses
    Grasses
    Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4426
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brown Pelican
    Brown Pelican
    Pelecanus occidentalis
    Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7264
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
    Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
    Uca pugnax
    Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7290
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spotted Sandpiper
    Spotted Sandpiper
    Actitis macularia
    Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7294
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-rumped Sandpipers
    White-rumped Sandpipers
    Calidris fuscicollis - resting.
    Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7325
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snowy Egret
    Snowy Egret
    Egretta thula
    Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7335
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Little Blue Heron
    Little Blue Heron
    Egretta caerulea
    Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7344
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Roseate Spoonbills
    Roseate Spoonbills
    Ajaia ajaja
    Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7349
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American White Pelican
    American White Pelican
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
    Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7364
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American White Pelican
    American White Pelican
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
    Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7403
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Roseate Spoonbill
    Roseate Spoonbill
    Ajaia ajaja
    Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7430
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American White Pelican
    American White Pelican
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos - bathing.
    Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7485
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snowy Egret
    Snowy Egret
    Egretta thula
    Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#7584
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Osprey
    Osprey
    Pandion haliaetus - with a fish.
    Sanibel Causeway Bridge, Florida, January 11, 2014
    2014-01-11#4434
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Saw Palmetto
    Saw Palmetto
    Serenoa repens
    Manatee Park, Ft Myers, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#4447
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker, female
    Red-bellied Woodpecker, female
    Melanerpes carolinus
    Manatee Park, Ft Myers, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#7613
    Larry L. Jackson
  • West Indian Manatees
    West Indian Manatees
    Trichechus manatus - female with young in the center of the photo.
    Manatee Park, Ft Myers, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#4452
    Larry L. Jackson
  • West Indian Manatees
    West Indian Manatees
    Trichechus manatus - with fish feeding on the Manatee's skin surface.
    Manatee Park, Ft Myers, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#4460
    Larry L. Jackson
  • West Indian Manatees
    West Indian Manatees
    Trichechus manatus
    Manatee Park, Ft Myers, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#4469
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spanish Moss
    Spanish Moss
    Tillandsia usneoides - a bromeliad.
    Manatee Park, Ft Myers, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#4474
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Gulf Fritillary
    Gulf Fritillary
    Agrauls vanillae - on Ixora flowers.
    Manatee Park, Ft Myers, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#7641
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue Crab
    Blue Crab
    Callinectes sapidus
    Manatee Park, Ft Myers, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#7649
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Zebra Longwing
    Zebra Longwing
    Heliconius charitonius
    Manatee Park, Ft Myers, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#7667
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brown Anole
    Brown Anole
    Anolis sagrei
    Black Island Trail, Lovers Key, Ft Myers Beach, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#7677
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Gopher Tortoise
    Gopher Tortoise
    Gopherus polyphemus
    Black Island Trail, Lovers Key, Ft Myers Beach, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#4486
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Gopher Tortoise
    Gopher Tortoise
    Gopherus polyphemus
    Black Island Trail, Lovers Key, Ft Myers Beach, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#7680
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Osprey
    Osprey
    Pandion haliaetus
    Black Island Trail, Lovers Key, Ft Myers Beach, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#7718
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Master Bait & Tackle
    Master Bait & Tackle
    Working the name of the store.
    Bonita Springs, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#0616
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sunset
    Sunset
    Last walk on the beach of this trip.
    Hilton Hotel, Marco Island, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#0619
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sunset
    Sunset
    Marco Island, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#0628
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Debbie, Betty, Chris & LJax
    Debbie, Betty, Chris & LJax
    After dinner treat.
    Beebe's Ice Cream, Marco Island, Florida, January 12, 2014
    2014-01-12#0632
    Larry L. Jackson