Birds

Two owls

Screech owl

Great blue heron

Great blue heron goes for the ultimate jump shot

Sandhill crane

Sandhill crane close-up

The opportunity for a close encounter with these cranes was the type of wildlife experience that takes your breath away. Although the species as a whole is not considered endangered, the Florida subspecies is. We were lucky enough to have several encounters with them.

Sandhill crane junenile

Grus canadensis pratensis
Arcadia, Florida
August 22, 2011

Sandhill crane feathers - juvenile

Grus canadensis pratensis
Arcadia, Florida

Sandhill crane - irony

Grus canadensis pratensis
Arcadia, Florida
August 22, 2011

The cranes were feeding on the lawn of a crane in "downtown" Arcadia. At one point, this adult walked in front of this sign.

Sandhill crane - feeding

Grus canadensis pratensis
Arcadia, Florida
August 22, 2011

Red shoulder hawk

Shark Valley

Red shoulder hawk

Shark Valley

In flight entertainment

Pierce Street, Hollywood, Florida

Near the burrowing owls is a small colony of green parrots.

iBis

Sanibel Island

Roseate spoonbill

Ding Darling, Sanibel Island

Reptiles

Gator and gatorlets

Gators are common in the wetlands of South Florida, but it is still always a thrill to see them - especially when there is a clutch of one day old hatchlings.

Mom and nest

Baby gator

Camoflage

Iggy

My parents live in a crazy neighborhood. This huge iguana was hanging out in the middle of the road and then wandered into their neighbor's yard.

Gigantor

Of course, no Florida photo page would be complete without a shot of the Tokay geckoe that for many years graces my parents' wall on a nighty basis.

Frogs

Frog

Invertebrates

White peacock

White peacock butterfly (Anartia jatrophae)
Myakka Lemur Reserve
August 23, 2011
Florida

Florida jelly

Jellies
Hollywood Beach
Florida

Flora

Strangler fig

Ficus
46th Avenue, Hollywood
Florida

Pond apple (Annona glabra)

Pond apple (Annona glabra)
Florida

Myakka Lemur Reserve

Lemur

Myakka Lemur Reserve
August 23, 2011
Florida

Lemur

Lemur
Myakka Lemur Reserve
August 23, 2011

Monica and mememtos

Myakka Lemur Reserve
August 23, 2011
Florida

Monica, Charles, and Bob

Myakka Lemur Reserve
August 23, 2011
Florida

Bob

Bob

Bob
Cows
Sanibel Island
Florida
August 22, 2011

Landscapes

The Everglades

The Everglades
Florida

A pier-ance of the beach the day of hurricane Irene

Hollywood Beach
Florida

Hollywood sunset

Hollywood Beach
Florida

The Trip Itinerary: August 20 - August 27, 2011

August 20, 2011 - Arrive in Broward International from Calgary, via Houston

Upgraded to first class on both flights

Met by parents and drive to Hollywood

August 21, 2011 -

Dinner at Pilar

August 22, 2011 - Hollywood to Arcadia

Drive to West Coast of Florida

Sanibel Island - Ding Darling, Beach

Sandhill crane encounter - Arcadia, Floirda

Dinner at Chevy's

Stay at Holiday Inn, Arcadia

August 23, 2011 - Arcadia, Myakka, Hollywood

Myakka City Lemur Reserve - private tour (with much thanks to Monica Mogilewsky)

Myakka River State Park

Ride in world's largest (and slowest) airboat

Venice Audubon Society, Venice (the one in Florida)

Dinner at the Bonefish Restaurant, Naples

Drive home along Alligator Alley

August 24, 2011 - Hollywood

Green Cay

Lunch at Flakowitz

Wakodahatchie

August 25, 2011 - Hollywood

walk to the owls and parrots with Jerry

Dinner at home - crab cakes

August 26, 2011 - Hollywood

Walk along Hollywood Beach to check out surf in the wake of hurricane Irene

August 27, 2011 - Hollywood

Shark Valley - sparse with regard to birds

Dinner at Sugar Reef Restaurant - Hollywood Beach

Walk along the beach to the band stand, watch sunset

August 28, 2011 - Depart Broward for SFO

Other relevant animals pages

Anhinga

Lemurs

Florida - links

Florida 2009

Green Cay 2009

Florida 2010

Florida 2011

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