Banded Bee Fly (Neodiplocampta miranda) - Biolab Road, Canaveral National Seashore, Wilson, Florida

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Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) - Biolab Road, Canaveral National Seashore, Titusville, Florida

Always cool to see them with their pied bill,
and thinkin' about the second imperative.

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Black-necked Stilt mating ritual - Biolab Road, Canaveral National Seashore, Wilson, Florida

This is toward the end of their ritual and just prior to his mounting the submissive fem.
He struck the water in this manner several times to give her fair warning of his intentions.

Tags:   KH0831 Florida xplr 206 Himantopus mexicanus Charadriiformes Recurvirostridae Himantopus mexicanus Bird aquatic bird ThousandPlus 1000+ Top 1000 Wader Nature

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Juvenile White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) - Biolab Road, Canaveral National Seashore, Wilson, Florida

This guy is well on the way to its all white plumage (except for the black wing-tips), and will likely find a mate and raise a family this coming spring.

Tags:   KH0831 Florida Nature Bird ibis Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Aves Pelecaniformes Threskiornithidae Eudocimus albus Eudocimus albus Scolopax alba fusca Tantalus fuscus Macro Wader

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American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) - Biolab Road, Canaveral National Seashore, Wilson, Florida

It's hard to figure exactly how he wound up with such a dramatic under-bite, but I imagine it must have been a fangtastic battle with another gator.
I'm guessin' the other guy won that fight,
but who can say for sure.

Tags:   KH0831 Florida Herp Alligator Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Reptilia Archosauromorpha Archosauriformes Crocodilia Alligatoridae Alligatorinae mississippiensis Alligator mississippiensis hailensis mcgrewi mefferdi munensis olseni prenasalis sinensis thomsoni Crocodilian Nature

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