RED FOX DEN

We had the opportunity to photograph some Red Fox kits at a local den site.  They were very entertaining when they finally appeared.  Their den was a Gopher Tortoise hole.  The sandy mound that you see in most of the photos is the excavated soil.  I don't know whether the foxes added to the pile, but it was an impressive hole.  There were supposed to be six kits, we saw only four at one time, and could get only three into a photo.

 Shaking off the sand

WEST REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY - VERO BEACH

I went to Vero Beach to photograph the Snail Kites in hopes of collecting a male.  There were a pile of kites, but I didn't see a mature male.  The River Otters stole the show.

 Tricolored Heron

Glossy Ibis

Ring-necked Duck

See if you can spot 6 snail kites?

Green Heron

River Otters

Snail Kites

River Otter

MERRITT ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

We went down to Merritt Island NWR Wednesday afternoon.  It was raining and not the best light for great photography.

 Interesting flower

 Reddish Egret

Snowy Egret

Alligator with dinner

Wood Stork

Tricolor Heron

Anhinga

I think these are Forster's Terns

Little Blue Heron

Morning Dove

 

 Painted Buntings - last one in the female

Northern Cardinal

Wild Hog sow