2014-01 Marco Island Area, Florida #2

Cracklin' Jacks

Our first stop of the trip for a meal.

Naples, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Room #825 View

Hilton Hotel, Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Beach View, North

We went for a long walk North on the beach.

Hilton Hotel, Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Beach View, South

Looking South.

Hilton Hotel, Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Sanderlings

Calidris alba

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Willet

Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Laughing Gulls

Larus atricilla

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Gulf of Mexico

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Royal Terns

Thalasseus maximus

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Black Skimmers

Rhynchops niger

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Black Skimmers

Rhynchops niger

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Royal Terns

Thalasseus maximus

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Sponge

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Gulf of Mexico

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Black Skimmers

Rhynchops niger

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Shells

Mostly living Strombus specie.

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Conchs

Strombus specie

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Snowy Egret

Egretta thula - with nice plumage.

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Bivalves

Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Beach Sunflower

Helianthus debilis

Hilton Hotel, Marco Island, Florida, January 9, 2014

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Wood Storks

Mycteria americana

Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014

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West Indian Manatees

Trichechus manatus - mother and young.

Oasis Visitor Center, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014

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American Alligator

Alligator mississippiensis

Loop Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014

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White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Loop Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014

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Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Loop Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014

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Bald Cypress trees

Taxodium distichum - with lots of bromeliads.

Loop Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014

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Great Egret

Ardea alba

Loop Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014

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Giant Airplant

Tillandsia fasciculata - in bloom.

Loop Road, Big Cypress National Park, Florida, January 10, 2014

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