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Boat-Tailed Grackle (Male)
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Richard Rathe · @richardrathe
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Northern Harrier (about 1/4 mile away)
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Richard Rathe · @richardrathe
91 followers · 1150 posts · Server home.social#Limpkin Calling at #SweetwaterWetlands Park 2018
Note the ultra thin tongue… used to extract snails from their shells!
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Richard Rathe · @richardrathe
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#Anhinga also known as the Snake Bird. One of my Favorites!
Note this is the only bird (in #NorthAmerica at least) where the common, genus, species, family names are all the same! 🙂
Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
Anhingidae (...idae = family of)
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Black-Bellied Whistling #Ducks (with #Alligators!)
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Richard Rathe · @richardrathe
83 followers · 1067 posts · Server home.socialFlorida Critters - Spring 2023
#NaturePhotography #Video #Manatee #Alligator #SweetwaterWetlands #FanningSprings #Birds #LakeSantaFe #Florida
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Richard Rathe · @richardrathe
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#SweetwaterWetlands Park in #Gainesville #Florida this past week!
#NaturePhotography #Wastewater Treatment #Wetlands #Birds
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