FEMALE PILEATED WOODPECKER, PEPPER RANCH PRESERVE, IMMOKALEE, FL

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR, PEPPER RANCH PRESERVE, IMMOKALEE, FL

WHITE PEACOCK BUTTERFLY, PEPPER RANCH PRESERVE, IMMOKALEE, FL

MALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, PEPPER RANCH PRESERVE, IMMOKALEE, FL

GREAT EGRET WITH LACY PLUMES OF BREEDING PLUMAGE, PEPPER RANCH PRESERVE, IMMOKALEE, FL

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK GETTING A MEAL, PEPPER RANCH PRESERVE, IMMOKALEE, FL

   This Red-shouldered Hawk was perched on a tree branche when it must of spied a prey.  It suddenly swooped down to catch the prey.  In the first photo it probably was catching the prey.  In the second photo it has the prey in its mouth and in the third photo it had eaten it.  The hawk then flew back to the same tree and perched on it looking for another prey.  These are the last two photos.

BALD EAGLE THROUGH HOLE IN TREES, PEPPER RANCH PRESERVE, IMMOKALEE, FL