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In this area of the Everglades the Glossy Ibis (<i>Plegadis falcinellus</i>) is far more secretive than its relative the White Ibis. It can been seen here trying to escape from my oncoming kayak.
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In this area of the Everglades the Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is far more secretive than its relative the White Ibis. It can been seen here trying to escape from my oncoming kayak.

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  • A Double-crested Cormorant (<i>Phalacrocorax auritus</i>) taking a mid-afternoon nap.
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  • Who doesn't love a pink bird?! Roseate Spoonbill (<i>Platalea ajaja</i>) from the southern tip of the Florida mainland.
  • The air plants (<i>Tillandsia fasciculata</i>) in this Everglades cypress dome provide excellent camouflage for a Barred Owl (<i>Strix varia</i>).
  • Double-crested Cormorant (<i>Phalacrocorax auritus</i>)
  • Profile photograph of an Anhinga (<i>Anhinga anhinga</i>))
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker (<i>Melanerpes carolinus</i>)
Key Largo, Florida
  • American Flamingo in the Florida Everglades<br />
July 2013
  • American Flamingo in the Florida Everglades<br />
July 2013
  • Black-necked Stilt (<I>Himantopus mexicanus</i>) chick on tidal mudflats
Everglades National Park, Florida
July 2013
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  • Common Gallinule (<i>Gallinula galeata</i>), formally called the Common Moorhen
Delray, Florida
July 2013
  • Green Heron (<i>Butorides virescens</i>) from the Nine-mile Pond system in the Florida Everglades.
  • Glossy Ibis (<i>Plegadis falcinellus</i>) hiding in the reeds
  • In this area of the Everglades the Glossy Ibis (<i>Plegadis falcinellus</i>) is far more secretive than its relative the White Ibis. It can been seen here trying to escape from my oncoming kayak.
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  • A pair of Roseate Spoonbills (<i>Platalea ajaja</i>) feeding alongside American Egrets (<i>Ardea alba</i>), Northern Shovelers (<i>Anas clypeata</i>), Green-winged Teals (<i>Anas carolinensis</i>), Blue-winged Teals (<i>Anas discors</i>), and American Coots (<i>Fulica americana</i>).
  • Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
  • Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
  • This Barred Owl (<i>Strix varia</i>) was photographed in a cypress dome in the Florida Everglades.
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