Observations & Images
23 November 2006
Pre-Nesting Wildlife Encounters
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Observations & Images
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Today's visit to the Refuge was marred by the sound of gunfire from someone illegally hunting out on one of the Impoundments. A sad reminder that the problems that inspired thc creation of the Refuge system over a hundred years ago are still a problem today. Here an Eastern Phoebe near the still empty Osprey nest is safe---for the moment. |
| The great number of ducks around the Refuge this winter is probably what is attracting the illegal hunting. | |
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Laughing Gull (?) |
| White Pelican | |
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Great Blue Heron |
| Great Egret | |
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An American Kestrel unexpectedly goes by giving little time to focus the camera. |
| The Kestrel lands atop a rather precarious perch. | |
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At least twelve Great Egrets flocked together amidst the mangroves in this view from the Centennial Trail. |
| A lone Tricolored Heron. | |