GREY-HEADED SWAMPHEN & COMMON GALLINULE, WAKODAHATCHEE WETLANDS, DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA

   In both photos the Common Gallinule is in the foreground and the Grey-headed Swamphen in the background. 

GREAT BLUE HERON, WAKODAHATCHEE WETLANDS, DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA

GREEN IGUANAS, WAKODAHATCHEE WETLANDS, DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, 12/8/2017

NONBREEDING LAUGHING GULL & WHITE IBIS, DING DARLING NWR, SANIBEL, FLORIDA

AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS & DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, DING DARLING NWR, SANIBEL, FLORIDA

REDDISH EGRET, DING DARLING NWR, SANIBEL, FLORIDA

   The Reddish Egret has two morphs: a dark morph and a white morph.   This Reddish Egret is a dark morph, the most common in southern Florida.  As in this bird, some dark morphs have some white feathers and white patches. The white morphs do not have any dark feathers or patches.

LITTLE BLUE HERON, DING DARLING NWR, SANIBEL, FLORIDA