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This photo was taken just as the sun started to set, while some of the cool hues are still visible in the evening sky. Anhinga (<i>Anhinga anhinga</i>)
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This photo was taken just as the sun started to set, while some of the cool hues are still visible in the evening sky. Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)

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  • Double-crested Cormorants (<i>Phalacrocorax auritus</i>) eating catfish along the famous Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park, is a common site during the day. Stick around long for enough, and you're sure to see some fish being skewered or hauled up on the trail.
  • If you look closely you can see the bands on the legs of these Florida Scrub Jays (<i>Aphelocoma coerulescens</i>). These were birds were part of a population study being conducted at Archbold Biological Station, central Florida.
  • Florida Scrub Jay (<i>Aphelocoma coerulescens</i>)
  • Great Blue Heron (<i>Ardea herodias</i>) on Florida Bay just before the sun set.
  • Black-necked Stilts (<i>Himantopus mexicanus</i>) dancing on the Florida Bay
  • Snowy Egret (<i>Egretta thula</i>)
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  • Silhouetted Roseate Spoonbill (<i>Platalea ajaja</i>) at sunset
  • The light from the sunset is bleeding through on this photograph of a silhouetted Anhinga (<i>Anhinga anhinga</i>)
  • This photo was taken just as the sun started to set, while some of the cool hues are still visible in the evening sky. Anhinga (<i>Anhinga anhinga</i>)
  • A diminutive member of the rail family, the Sora (<i>Porzana carolina</i>)
  • A diminutive member of the rail family, the Sora (<i>Porzana carolina</i>)
  • Blue-winged Teal showing both blue and green on the wing...sneaky sneaky!
  • Common Yellowthroat (<I>Geothlypis trichas</i>) Palm Beach County, Florida January 2014
  • Yellow-throated Warbler (<I>Setophaga dominica</i>) Palm Beach County, Florida January 2014
  • A family of Common Gallinule (<i>Gallinula galeata</i>) Delray, Florida July 2013
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  • American Avocet (<I>Recurvirostra americana</i>) Everglades National Park October 2013
  • Osprey (<i>Pandion haliaetus</i>) with recent catch Everglades National Park October 2013
  • Boat-tailed Grackle (<i>Quiscalus major</i>), male
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