Birds

Wood Stork

Wood Stork flying. Mycteria americana. Broadmoor Marsh. T.M. Goodwin WMA. Florida. JPat_170202__D3S3164

Scrub Jay

Scrub Jay. (Florida Jay). Aphelocoma coerulescens. North Sebastian Conservation Area. Sebastian. Florida. JPat_150405_D3S161

Ring-billed Gull

Ring-Billed Gull. Larus delawarensis. Calling. Orchid Island. Atlantic Ocean. Vero Beach. Florida. JPat_150118_D3S0624

Osprey on branch

Osprey. Pandion haliaetus. Merritt Island NWR. Florida. JPat_161021__D3S1387

Green Heron

Green Heron. Butorides striatus. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_161014__D3S0366

Great Egret

Great Egret. Casmerodius albus. Big Cypress National Preserve. Everglades. Florida. JPat_170217__D3S9604

Burrowing Owls

Burrowing Owls at burrow. Athene cunicular. At burrow. Marco Island. Florida. JPat_170303__D3S3104

Burrowing Owl. Athene cunicular. At borrow on Marco Island, Florida. JPat_170303__D3S3116

Burrowing Owls

Burrowing Owls at burrow. Athene cunicular. At burrow. Marco Island. Florida. JPat_170303__D3S3268

Burrowing Owls

Burrowing Owls at burrow. Athene cunicular. At burrow. Marco Island. Florida. JPat_170303__D3S3290

Burrowing Owl

Burrowing Owl. Athene cunicular. At burrow. Marco Island. Florida. JPat_170303__D3S3348

Brown Pelican

Brown Pelican flying. Pelecanus occidentalis. Flying. Fort Pierce. Florida. JPat_150108_D3S7097

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron. Nycticorax nycticorax. Adult. Big Cypress National Preserve. Everglades. Florida. JPat_170228__D3S1663

Bald Eagle and Black Vulture

Bald Eagle. Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Feeding on a Coot. Being harrassed by a Black Vulture. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_150109_D30602

American Anhinga

American Anhinga. Anhinga anhinga. T.M. Goodwin WMA. Florida. JPat_170202__D3S3272

American Bittern

American Bittern. Botaurus lentiginosus. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_170307__D3S4640

American Bittern

American Bittern. Botaurus lentiginosus. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_150119_D3084

Brown Pelican

Brown Pelican. Pelecanus occidentalis. At sunset. Florida. JPat_140219_D34679

Wood Stork

Wood Stork. Mycteria americana. Sebastian Inlet. FL. JPat_141009_D3S5945

Wood Stork

Wood Stork. Mycteria americana. Sebastian Inlet. FL. JPat_141020_D3S9641

Wood Stork

Wood Stork. Mycteria americana. Vero Beach. Florida. JPat_141023_D3S0921

Wood Stork

Wood Stork. Mycteria americana. Vero Beach. Florida. JPat_141023_D3S0956

Wood Stork

Wood Stork yawning. Mycteria americana. Sebastian Inlet. Florida. JPat_141119_D3S9566

Wood Stork

Wood Stork. Mycteria americana. Sebastian Inlet. FL. JPat_150129_D710565

Wood Stork

Wood Stork. Mycteria americana. Sebastian Inlet. FL. JPat_150129_D711026

Wood Stork

Wood Stork. Mycteria americana. Flying. Fog. Merritt Island NWR. Florida. JPat_150302_D3S4352

Wood Stork

Wood Stork. Mycteria americana. Merritt Island NWR. Florida. JPat_150304_D3S5760

Wood Stork

Wood Stork. Mycteria americana. Merritt Island NWR. Florida. JPat_150304_D3S5783

Wood Stork

Wood Stork. Mycteria americana. Merritt Island NWR. Florida. JPat_150304_D3S5912

Wood Stork

Wood Stork. Mycteria americana. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_150223_D3S3263

Wood Storks

Wood Stork. Mycteria americana. At nest. Gatorland. Orlando. Florida. JPat_150419_D3S7902

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) in winter plummage at Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida. JPat_170130__D3S0713

Crested Caracara

Crested Caracara. Caracara cheriway. Feeding on carcass of coot. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_150209_120

Great Blue Heron at sunset

Great Blue Heron at sunset. Ardea herodias. Sunset. Sebastian Inlet. Sebastian. Florida. JPat_170118__D3S5351

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron. Ardea herodias. Eating a frog. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_150114_D31080

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron. Ardea herodias. With stick for nest. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_141028_D3S0200

Great Blue Herons

Great Blue Herons. Ardea herodias. Building nest. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_150115_D31338

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron. Ardea herodias. On nest. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_150119_D31654

Great Blue Herons

Great Blue Herons. Ardea herodias. Male carring stick to nest. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_150119_D31796

Great Blue Herons

Great Blue Herons. Ardea herodias. Nesting pair at nest. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_150121_D3S2037

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron at nest. Ardea herodias. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_170307__D3S4539

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron. Ardea herodias. Eating Greater Siren. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_150212_D3S4020

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron flying. Ardea herodias. Sebastian. Florida. JPat_150215_D3S4064

Osprey with nesting material

Osprey. Pandion haliaetus. Flying with Spanish Moss for nesting material. Sebastian. Florida. JPat_150215_D3S0678

Scrub Jay

Scrub Jay. (Florida Jay). Aphelocoma coerulescens. North Sebastian Conservation Area. Sebastian. Florida. JPat_150216_039

White Pelican on water

White Pelican. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Indian River Lagoon. Sebastian. Florida. JPat_150216_D3S1153

Limpkin with snail

Limpkin. Aramus guarauna. With a snail. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_150223_D3S3146

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron. Ardea herodias. With a fish. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_150223_D3S4107

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron. Ardea herodias. Flying with a fish. Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Viera Wetlands. Viera. Florida. JPat_150223_D3S4381