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(Rostrhamus sociabilis) The snail kite is a locally endangered species in the Florida Everglades, with a population of less than 400 breeding pairs. Research has demonstrated that water-level control in the Everglades is depleting the population of apple snails which is their main diet. Their slender curved bill is ideal for winkling apple snails out of their shells!
Lots of small snail on the Oak leaves yesterday. I didn't notice the damage to this one until I was processing the image.
This snail is about 5 mm (0,2"), it balances on a blade of grass.
11 and Balanced is the topic for the Sunday of June 11th, 2017, Group Our Daily Challenge
Als wir gestern etwas aus dem Garten holten, war dieses kleine Schnecklein dabei, winzig, kaum zu sehen, sie kroch auf dem Kochlöffel herum, also Kamera geholt, Foto gemacht und sie dann wieder in der Natur ausgesetzt
I finally decided to delete a lot of photos and free up disk space. I also found some photos that I completely forgot about, so now I'm sorting out the files as well.
This is one beautiful bird that you don't see very often. I believe it's on the endangered list and its main food is Pomacea snails.
Thanks so much for the visit!
Historically, snail kites were found from the Everglades to just southeast of Tallahassee, but wetland drainage and development eliminated or altered its shallow freshwater foraging habitat
Generally, the species is somewhat nomadic, moving from wetland to wetland in search of snails, but they are regularly seen in the marshes associated with lakes Kissimmee, Okeechobee and Tohopekaliga, at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, water conservation areas (Everglades), and even along stretches of the Tamiami Trail.
The Florida snail kite is aptly named - it feeds almost exclusively on apple snails and, in the United States, is found only in Florida.
The species was listed as endangered in 1967. Today, the population is considered to be stable, but extremely vulnerable to the stresses of habitat loss, prolonged droughts and anything that affects the availability of apple snails, its primary food.
Snail kites breed from December to August and lay an average of three eggs in bulky nests built in a variety of wetland trees, shrubs and emergent vegetation. During the nesting season, the birds are usually found singly or in pairs; in winter, they often roost together in communal groups.
Lucky observers will witness the snail kite in action, as it searches for its prey by flying low over shallow freshwater marshes scattered with shrubs and trees. When it spots a snail, it swoops down, extends its legs into the water and briefly hovers while it grasps the snail with its talons. While still in flight or after landing on a nearby perch, the kite uses its thin, hooked bill to pull the snail from its shell.
I found this Male perched in a Sable Palm along the shore of Lake Kissimmee, at Joe Overstreet Landing.
A very wet day led to the lights being put on at 3.30 pm - IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER!!??!! The snails were loving it.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II © 2018 Klaus Ficker. Photos are copyrighted. All rights reserved. Pictures can not be used without explicit permission by the creator
Happy Snail Saturday! Pouring with rain here, so the snails will be out in force today ! Have a great day folks, whatever the weather !
Wonderful encounter with what i think is a snail-eating snake, please correct me if I’m wrong. It blends in so well…Tortuguero NP, Costa Rica
yeah. im a snail. there's slugs. blue!
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Grove snail (Cepaea nemoralis) crawling through a concrete sidewalk.
Wstężyk gajowy (Cepaea nemoralis) pełznący po betonowym chodniku.