A #Photograph of several #Alligators in the Merritt Island National #Wildlife Refuge lying on an island in the mangrove #marsh. The alligators are lying in the sunlight to warm their bodies. Alligators are ambush #predators that usually snatch their prey from out of the water, drag them to the bottom, and drown them. They rarely chase prey.
#AmericanAlligator, #AlligatorMississippiensis, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #Marsh, #Reptiles, #Animals, #NaturePhotography, #Photography, #Photo
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The Merritt Island #Wildlife Refuge is home to a huge number of species of #waterfowl, including the Great Blue #Heron, like this one; #flying over the waters of the #Merritt #Island National #Wildlife Refuge.
#GreatBlueHeron, #ArdeaHerodia, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #MINWR, #Florida, #Bird, #FlyingBird, #Photography, #Photograph, #Photo
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A Checkered White #Butterfly has landed on a #beggersticks #flower.
Both species are native to #Florida, and flourish in the Florida #scrubland.
This #photograph was taken at the Merritt Island National #Wildlife Refuge.
#CheckeredWhite, #BidensAlba, #PontiaProtodice, #FlowersOfMastodon, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #MINWR, #Insect,
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A group of Roseate Spoonbills flying over the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refugee.
Their bright #pink feathers make them very clear against the white #clouds and blue #sky.
#RoseateSpoonbills gain their pink coloration from eating a certain crustacean containing a pigment. Flamingos gain the color from the same process.
#Bird, #BirdsOfMastodon, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #MINWR, #NationalWildlifeRefuge, #Waterfowl, #FlyingBirds, #PlataleaAjaja, #Photography, #WildlifePhotography, #Photograph, #Photo
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#MarshMadness: A Reddish #Egret runs and dances, almost seeming to walk on top of the water on the #marsh of #MINWR, with its #reflection in the bright, blue water.
#reddishegret, #EgrettaRufescens, #saltmarsh, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #NationalWildlifeRefuge, #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph, #Photo, #Photography, #Animalia, #Aves
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#MarshMadness: Two Blue-winged #Teal #ducks at #MINWR circle each other in the #marsh. Blue-winged teals feed by dunking their heads in shallow water and “#dabbling” up vegetation and small mollusks from the water’s bottom.
#BlueWingedTeal, #Duck, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #DabblingDucks, #Marsh, #Birds, #Waterfowl, #BirdsOfMastodon, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo, #NaturePhotography
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#SynchronizedSwimmers at #MINWR. Blue-Winged Teals #forage for food by #diving headfirst into the shallow #marsh #water to nibble up, or #dabble, the #vegetation and small #insects on the water’s floor. This male and female pair are swimming in circles like they’ve been trained. They even dived together.
#Photograph, #Photography, #Photo, #Bird, #Birds, #Duck, #Ducks, #Teals, #BlueWingedTeals, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #waterfowl, #marsh, #MarshMadness, #BirdsOfMastodon.
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A reddish egret dashes across the top of the water with its wings outstretched. The bird may be engaged in canopy feeding.
#WaterfowlWednesdays, #MarshMadness, #ReddishEgret, #EgrettaRufescen, #waterfowl, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #MINWR, #marsh, #bird, #water, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo.
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A Double Crested-Cormorant and an Anhinga look up from their perches in the marsh of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
#WaterfowlWednesdays, #MarshMadness, #DoubleCrestedCormorant, #NannopterumAuritum, #Anhinga, #snakebird, #waterfowl, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #MINWR, #marsh, #bird, #water, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo.
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A Tricolored Heron peers sneakily around some vegetation in the marsh of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
#WaterfowlWednesdays, #MarshMadness, #TricoloredHeron, #Heron, #EgrettaCaerulea, #bird, #waterfowl, #marsh, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #MINWR, #water, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo.
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A Snowy Egret dives down, legs extended, preparing to land in the water of the briney marsh of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
#WaterfowlWednesdays, #MarshMadness, #SnowyEgret, #EgrettaThula, #Egret, #waterfowl, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #MINWR, #marsh, #bird, #water, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo.
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A Great Blue #Heron either eyes a fish or trips into the water at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
#WaterfowlWednesdays, #MarshMadness, #GreatBlueHeron, #Heron, #ArdeaHerodias, #waterfowl, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #MINWR, #marsh, #bird, #water, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo.
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A #photograph of a red-winged #blackbird, sitting on a tall branch in the scrub land around Cape Canaveral National Seashore, seeming to survey they area.
#redwingedblackbird, #MINWR, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #CapeCanaveralNationalSeashore, #CCNS, #bird.
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Four #Gaillardia or #BlanketFlowers at #MINWR. The #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge hosts many diverse #species of #flowers, #insects, #birds, and others.
MINWR is administered by the #DOI on behalf of #NASA, which does not use most of the island, and so the rest is given over to be a #WildlifeRefuge.
#DepartmentOfTheInterior, #flower, #wildflower, #flowers, #wildflowers,
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