APPLE SNAIL EGGS ON TREE, SIX-MILE CYPRESS SLOUGH PRESERVE, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 11/18/2021

   The Apple Snails that come from these eggs are the main food for Snail Kites. These raptors have a strongly curved bill that fits inside the snail shell to pull out the snail.

 

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, SIX-MILE CYPRESS SLOUGH, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 11/18/2021

 

MALE RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, SIX-MILE CYPRESS SLOUGH, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 11/18/2021

 

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT IN WATER, SIX MILE CYPRESS SLOUGH PRESERVE,FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 11/18/2021

 

WOOD STORK, SIX-MILE CYPRESS SLOUGH PRESERVE, FORT MYERS,FLORIDA, 11/18/2021

 

INTERESTING SIGN: "WHEN THUNDER ROARS,GO INDOORS", SIX MILE CYPRESS SLOUGH PRESERVE,FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 11/18/2021

 

PIED-BILLED GREBE, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 11/16/2021