A Tricolored Heron roams through every inch of the canals and ditches looking for a meal.

A River Otter swims through the shadowed water on an overcast day.

A Little Blue Heron comes down for a landing.

A pair of Paper Wasps work on a new nest.

A Snowy Egret stands out against the shadows.

An Eastern Carpenter Bee collects some pollen

A Sandwich Tern takes a short flight after bathing on Fred Howard Beach

A Yellow-throated Warbler gives a skyward glance.

A Roseate Spoonbill lets loose with a call to its people.

A Great Blue Heron stands sentry on his perch as dawn breaks.

A Little Blue Heron whips around at an unexpected noise.

A Wood Stork climbs to the sky

At least, when you're a bright, snowy-white egret.

Our juvenile Little Blue Heron back when he was pure white.

A Little Blue Heron holds a tiny spider tight just before throwing it back.

An Eastern Phoebe cranes its neck for a better look at potential prey.

A Yellow-crowned Night Heron glances over its shoulder at some movement in the rocks below.

I can't help but think that this Ring-billed Gull took a bit of a bonk on the head with how he looks in this photo.

An Anhinga sits, drying her wings

A Reddish Egret stalks by the waters of Howard Beach

A Great Blue Heron works to blend in to the branches and brush.

A Laughing Gull shuffles his wings to get comfortable.

A Yellow-rumped Warbler stares us down as if challenging us to pass into his territory.

A Snowy Egret fluffs a bit, concerned over another nearby aggressive egret.

A Wilson's Plover walks across a dirty mudflat.

A Palm Warbler gives us the stare down, challenging us to approach.

A Tricolored Heron pops out and scans the area at some noise.

A Tricolored Heron stands tall and stares when hearing the call of a hawk.

A Red-bellied Woodpecker casts an eye around to see who may have watched him stash a large acorn. Can you find it?

A pair of Mallards hangs out near the usual heron crew.

I think everyone who lives in Florida knows what those sound like.

This feral Helmeted Guineafowl made an appearance along the road just outside Brooker Creek. Definitely an interesting encounter, and a new one for us!

Fun fact: When the settlers first came to North America, they mistook the Wild Turkey for this bird. You can see evidence of this in their scientific names -- the genus for Turkey (Meleagris) and the Specific for the Guineafowl (meleagris).

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A Turkey Vulture emerged to the blue skies.

A Black Skimmer makes a surprise appearance in the backyard doing a little scouting.

A Red-winged Blackbird turns his nose up at us.

A Short-billed Dowitcher forages in the shallow waters as the tide comes in.

Okay, not that kind of Turkey, but a Turkey Vulture.

A Little Blue Heron snaps to attention, his eye drawn to movement behind me.

A Wood Stork takes a break from feeding to sit along the banks.

A small caterpillar moves to escape the clutches of this young Little Blue Heron

A young Roseate Spoonbill relaxes by the water.

Just the way that this Tricolored Heron was standing with foot clenched closely brings to mind all those napoleonic portraits.

A Little Blue Heron stare intensely in the water, looking for a catch.

A bee takes off from a flower, heavily laden with pollen

A Little Blue Heron (Egretta cerulean) with mating plumage (the reddish neck).

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A Tricolored Heron floods out a bit, trying to get some feathers back in place.

An Osprey takes Taylor Swift's song to its (logical?) conclusion.

A Fiery Skipper shows off the neat way they fold their wings.