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The native range of the brown anole extends over much of the Caribbean, including Jamaica, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and other countries.
Currently, they are considered an invasive species in parts of Florida in the United States, including the Florida Keys, Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County.
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It’s SMILE 😃N Saturday where the theme this week is something reflective. While I was back in my hometown of Jupiter, Florida we were out on the water. I spied this little pup paddle boarding. He’s so cute. It’s nice to see a responsible dog owner.
Green Cay
Boynton Beach
Boat-tailed Grackle
Female
Large, lanky blackbird
Thick, dark bill
Tawny/rufous underparts
Darker, duller gray/olive upper parts*
*Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Pahokee is a city located on the shore of Lake Okeechobee in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,985 at the 2000 census. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 6,459. Culturally, Pahokee is associated with the Florida Heartland, although officially it is a part of South Florida.
Pahokee was incorporated in 1922. The name "Pahokee" means 'grassy waters' in the Creek language. Local residents refer to Pahokee as "The Muck", which refers to the mineral-rich dark soil in which sugar cane, citrus fruits and corn are grown by agribusinesses. It was known as the "Winter Vegetable Capital of the World" in its heyday, when the city enjoyed thriving commerce.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahokee,_Florida
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This is not a captive Barn Owl!! This photo was taken in Palm Beach County. This area has the highest concentrations of Barn Owls in North America!! The University of Florida has a program in place to put up Barn Owl Boxes all through this region!! It prevents the farmers from having to use poisons to kill rats, mice and other rodents. Thanks for looking and the comments!!
PlEASE READ!! If you care about Birds and our Wildlife never use, or buy poisons to kill rats and mice, Use traps! Rat poison keeps killing, when the rat dies it moves up the food chain and accumulates in the predators! Whether it be a Panther, Eagle, Bear, Hawk or any other and Bird or Animal!! When it goes to the Landfill it keeps killing!! Thanks for reading!!
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The Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) gets its common name for the serrated edges of the wing's primary feathers, but this can only be observed with the bird in hand. It's a relatively small swallow at about 13.5 cm (5.3 inches) in length. The Northern Rough-winged Swallow breeds throughout the US and southern Canada. They winter in Mexico and Central America.
Botaurus leniginosus, a stocky brown heron, about 23 inches.
We were visiting Green Cay in Palm Beach County. Very nice park.
SUNSET - Boca Raton, Florida U.S.A.
Spring 2020 - Florida Everglades
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Photo Of The Week - The Sunshine Group - 6/7/20
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Lost bascule bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on FL 704 in West Palm Beach
Location:
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
Status:
Replaced by a new bridge
History:
Built 1929; reconstructed 1959; replaced 2005
Design:
Bascule
Dimensions:
Length of largest span: 113.9 ft.
Total length: 1,237.9 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Also called:
Intracoastal Waterway Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude:
+26.70602, -80.04645 (decimal degrees)
26°42'22" N, 80°02'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates:
17/594853/2954229 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Palm Beach
Inventory numbers:
FDOT 930505 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
FDOT 930022 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12466 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection: (as of 04/1998)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 15.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic: (as of 1996)
11,000
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
bridgehunter.com/fl/palm-beach/930505/</Palm_Beach,_Florida</a
Spanish River Park, Palm Beach County, Florida
September 24, 2020
First documented record for Florida
In Florida, USA, Bald Eagles begin nest maintenance and building in October. From the time the parents build the nest, eggs are hatched and the young are on their own, takes about 20 weeks. During the nesting cycle the parents remain within one to two miles of the nest.
Image taken in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Taken in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.
The Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is distributed worldwide. There are about 46 races most of which are nocturnal but a few such as in Britain and some Pacific Islands they also hunt during the day.
Boynton Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 68,217 at the 2010 census. In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 78,679 according to the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research. Boynton Beach is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census.
In 1894, two years before Henry Morrison Flagler built his railroad, a former American Civil War major named Nathan Boynton first set eyes on the area that now bears his name. Boynton hailed from Port Huron, Michigan. He was so impressed by the natural beauty of the year-round sunshine and pristine beaches, he built the famous Boynton Hotel, where he also spent winters with his family. The first settlers, whom Boynton had brought along from Michigan, soon realized that many fruits and vegetables thrived in the fertile climate. Pineapples, tomatoes, mangoes, and citrus fruit were packed in crates and shipped by the ton on the newly built Florida East Coast Railroad to satisfy the appetites of hungry Americans across the country. Major Boynton died on May 27, 1911 in Port Huron, but the hotel lasted until 1925.
Boynton Beach was founded on September 26, 1898 when Byrd Spilman Dewey and her husband Fred S. Dewey filed the original plat in the Dade County courthouse for the Town of Boynton. The town was incorporated in 1920 as the Town of Boynton. The name "Boynton Beach" was first used by a community that broke off from the Town of Boynton in 1931. In 1939, that community changed its name to "Ocean Ridge" while The Town of Boynton took the name "Boynton Beach" in 1941.
In 1926, the Seaboard Air Line Railway entered what was then simply Boynton, spurring land development a mile inland near the Seaboard station, including the town's first planned subdivision, Lake Boynton Estates. As land became more valuable, areas along the Intracoastal Waterway and the Federal Highway in Boynton also saw housing developments. To the west, many dairies were founded so that the Boynton area became the main milk supplier for Palm Beach County. By the 1970s, the dairies were no longer profitable and these lands too were converted to housing developments.
Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park is located just north of the original Boynton Hotel site. In 1921, the Town of Boynton acquired the beach site from Lewis S. Howe by eminent domain for park and recreation purposes. The beach casino was built in 1928 and featured a large dining hall, locker rooms and showers and residents used the casino for parties and social gatherings. The casino was demolished in 1967 and the property remained part of the beach park.
From the 1920s to today, Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park has been popular with residents and visitors alike. In the mid-1990s, the park underwent a major renovation during which the boardwalk was rebuilt out of recycled plastic. Boynton Beach's Oceanfront Park was voted the best family beach in Palm Beach County by The Palm Beach Post in 2001. In 2011 the boardwalk was renovated again, replacing the plastic with ipe (pronounced ee-pay) wood (commonly known as Brazilian walnut). In 2012 improvements were made to the buildings along the boardwalk, including total refurbishment of the restrooms.
Hurricane Wilma struck Boynton Beach on October 24, 2005, causing widespread damage to homes and businesses. In 2006, the city government authorized the demolition of the historic Seaboard rail station, which had survived intact in private hands since passenger service to the station halted in 1971.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boynton_Beach,_Florida
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It was a King Rail kind of day. This is one of the four that I encountered while driving around a rice field off of Browns Farm Road in Palm Beach County yesterday. The photo was taken just minutes after sunrise.
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West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is one of the three main cities in South Florida. The population was 99,919 at the 2010 census. The University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) estimates a 2014 population of 104,031, a 4.1% increase from 2010. It is the oldest municipality in the Miami metropolitan area, having been incorporated as a city two years before Miami in November 1894. West Palm Beach is located approximately 68 miles (109 km) north of Downtown Miami. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census.
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Wellington, NOVA ZELANDA 2023
State Highway 1 (SH 1) is the longest and most significant road in the New Zealand road network, running the length of both main islands. It appears on road maps as SH 1 and on road signs as a white number 1 on a red shield, but it has the official designations SH 1N in the North Island, SH 1S in the South Island.
SH 1 is 2,006 kilometres (1,246 mi) long, 1,074 km (667 mi) in the North Island and 932 km (579 mi) in the South Island. Since 2010 new roads have reduced the length from 2,033 km (1,263 mi). For the majority of its length it is a two-lane single carriageway, with at-grade intersections and property accesses, in both rural and urban areas. These sections have some passing lanes. Around 315 km (196 mi) of SH 1 is of motorway or expressway standard as of August 2022: 281 km (175 mi) in the North Island and 34 km (21 mi) in the South Island.
Fireworks at downtown West Palm Beach along the waterway with the city skyline. HDR image tone mapped in Photomatix Pro and Topaz software.
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The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high-speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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American Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.
In Florida Bald Eagles begin nest maintenance and building in October. From the time the parents build the nest, eggs are hatched and the young are on their own, takes about 20 weeks. During the nesting cycle the parents remain within one to two miles of the nest.
SUNSET - Boca Raton, Florida U.S.A.
Spring 2020 - Florida Everglades
"Sky Rhythm" says it all. The slow rhythm of the sky
during the last hour of the day. Thanks for looking.
Oh, the spring season in Florida is one not to be missed ... especially if you're fond of birds. I'm talking LOTS of birds. Some residents, some migratory, however all beautiful and a thrill to photograph. They're sporting their best of the breeding plumage, doing their dances designed to attract a mate, flying back and forth with nesting material, some lucky ones are mating, and all are being quite territorial, yet living amongst each other.
One of the birds that undergoes a remarkable transition when it's spring (aka breeding season) is the trip-colored-colored heron. The normally bland looking bird explodes in bright colors and fabulous plumage. From those gorgeous feathers, to that bright blue beak, to that gorgeous red eye ... Wow!
This image is only minimally cropped. They are not really fearful of casual onlookers, for they have one thing on their mind. Nature is amazing!
Thanks for stopping by to view and Happy Thursday!
© 2017 Debbie Tubridy / TNWA Photography
June 1, 2017, at Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, USA.
The Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) is an elusive bird that hides in marshes with dense vegetation. There are various subspecies that inhabit wetlands in a range that extends from southern Canada to Argentina.
The Least Bittern is scientifically classified in the Ardeidae with other bitterns, herons and egrets. It inhabits the same wetlands and marshes as the much larger American Bittern, however, its method of foraging is very different. The Least Bittern stalks its prey and forages while perched among reeds.
May 19, 2017, at DuPuis Wildlife and Environmental Area, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. The Blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) is a very small North American songbird, 10-13 cm (3.9-5.1 in) in length. Their breeding habitat is open deciduous woods and shrublands.
SUNSET - Boca Raton, Florida U.S.A.
Spring 2020 - Florida Everglades
Lightning storm last night over Palm Beach Gardens, Florida behind the Gardens Mall at a small lake. Image processed using Adobe Lightroom and Topaz Denoise.
Taken in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA while perched, resting trying to hide within the branches of a cypress tree.
The Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is distributed worldwide. There are about 46 races most of which are nocturnal but a few such as in Britain and some Pacific Islands they also hunt during the day.
Had some nice cloud formation with a crescent moon to go along with this beautiful mangrove tree. HDR image created in Photomatix Pro and Topaz software.
captainkimo.com/mangrove-tree-under-crescent-moon-at-lagoon/
SUNSET - Boca Raton, Florida U.S.A.
Spring 2020 - Florida Everglades
"Sky Rhythm" says it all. The slow rhythm of the sky
during the last hour of the day. Thanks for looking.
Little blue heron (juvenile) ~ South Florida Wetlands U.S.A.
(starting to acquire adult blue-plumage as a teenager)
(3 more photos of the adult 'little blue heron' in the comments)
When a nice fog sets in Florida becomes a whole new landscape that more resembles a far away land. Four exposure HDR image tone mapped in Photomatix Pro.
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