Photos tagged as scenery and everglades

Day 123 - Flamingo, Morning Glories

Morning Glories are one of the most common flowers, but I thought these were of interest for two reasons: the color (ours are all white), and the date - it is January 2nd. Flowers don't bloom in January out where I live!

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Flamingo, Mom at Beach

Quite a difference a day makes! The temperature dropped from 84 F yesterday to 49 F this morning (rose to about 60 late afternoon). It didn't stop us from going to the beach however!

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Flamingo, Bay

This is the far edge of Florida (exclucing the Key's).

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Wood Stork

These birds are endangered, but can commonly be seen in the Everglades NP however.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, with water

December & January are the dry months for the Everglades, but many areas still have low amounts of water seeping through them.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, with Hammock

From the ground level, the Everglades looks like grassland, but it is a wide, shallow river. A few places where the ground rises slightly get covered with brush or trees. Small ones are called hammocks.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Two Gaters

These were at the Royal Palms nature walk area. There were a lot of alligators in this area - at least 15 or more that we could see (& I'm sure more hidden in the tree's and underwater...)

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Turtle

He didnt' seem to be too worried about all the alligators hanging around just a few feet away.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Turkey Vultures

These are slightly larger (by inches) than the black vultures. They also have red heads (vs black) and slightly different shaped wings.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Tricolored Heron

I never realized how many different types of Heron's there are. We saw three just in the Royal Palms area today.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Small Blue Heron

This was also at the Royal Palms nature walk area. We saw this bird, which wasn't very large, several Great Blue Herons, and a Tricolored Heron during the same walk.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Royal Palms

This is just a glimps of what the nature walk area looks like. It used to have a lot more tall palms, but they were blown down by hurricanes Andrew & Wilma.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Mom & Cormorant

The wildlife in the Royal Palms nature walk area are quite used to people. Mom actually went up and touched this Cormorant later, he just ignored her.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Heron in Flight

One of the distinguishing features of the Heron's are that they tuck their necks in while flying. I was hoping this photo would show this, but it may not be clear enough.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Great Blue Heron 2

Stunning bird.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Gater by Road

This was at Mrazak Pond, about 5 miles east of Flamingo. He was only about 20 feet from the road, so I used the zoom as I didn't want to get too close to him (he had a pretty clear shot at me if he'd wanted to start chasing...)

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
Tags: animals scenery everglades alligators
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Day 123 - Everglades, Entrance

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Egret & Bald Cypress

The tree's are Bald Cypress. They aren't dead, they just go dormant during the dry season (Dec, Jan) to conserve water - one of the few needle type trees that loose their needles seasonally.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Cormorant

There are a lot of Cormorants all over south Florida. The Everglades are no exception.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Black Vulture

These have black, featherless heads as opposed to Turkey Vultures, which have read heads.

Date: 2 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Miami, USA: gallery
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Day 123 - Everglades, Anhingas

These birds are so common at the Royal Palms area, the walk is called the Anhinga Trail. I'd never heard of them before - they are somewhat similar in size & & behavior to Cormorants.