Sunday, March 18, 2018

Felts Audubon Preserve, Manatee County: 3-17-18




Yellow Iris





Coral Bean





Spanish Moss: an epiphyte in the Pineapple Family




Eastern Gray Squirrel on one of the “bird” feeders





Black Vulture





Green Heron, fishing (often they will use tools so to speak.  They will drop an item (a feather, leaf, twig (we’ve seen them drop a piece of popcorn or a gum wrapper ) onto the surface of the water.  When a small fish comes up to investigate the disturbance it becomes a meal for the heron!





Pearl Crescent butterflies on Spanish Needle





Northern Mockingbird





Pair of Mottled Ducks (female on the right)





Palm Warbler





Prairie Warbler





Pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers (Female on the right)





Red-shouldered Hawk





Turvey Vulture













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