AMERICAN SOUTHEAST & GULF COAST - Photo Ecosphere

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AMERICAN SOUTHEAST & GULF COAST

GALLERY DESCRIPTION:

Tropical-subtropical environments along the Gulf of Mexico from south Florida to east Texas, consisting of plant and animal species inhabiting coral reef, mangrove, beach, river delta, wetland, and salt marsh ecosystems

U.S. STATES:

Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas

GREAT BLUE HERON in flight

A lighthouse, called DRY TORTUGAS LIGHT built in 1857, stands on LOGGERHEAD KEY

FORT JEFFERSON on GARDEN KEY

A seaplane comes in for a landing on the clear, turquoise blue waters along dilapidated dock pilings at GARDEN KEY

Turquoise waters of the DRY TORTUGAS at GARDEN KEY

Rusted dock pillars stand out against the light blue, semi-opaque waters of the shallow DRY TORTUGAS

BROWN PELICAN resting on an old dock pillar

Pillars of a boat dock leading out from the shallow, clear waters at GARDEN KEY

Looking east over the SOUTHEAST CHANNEL from GARDEN KEY in the DRY TORTGUAS

A brick moat wall, leading around FORT JEFFERSON

A moat wall running along a side of FORT JEFFERSON

Moat around FORT JEFFERSON

FORT JEFFERSON

A damaged wall section of FORT JEFFERSON, first constructed in 1846

FORT JEFFERSON and Moat

View of the GULF OF MEXICO from FORT JEFFERSON on GARDEN KEY

Looking out a window from FORT JEFFERSON

Looking down a hallway inside FORT JEFFERSON

Inside the halls of FORT JEFFERSON

The brick archways structure of FORT JEFFERSON

The FORT JEFFERSON Soldiers' Barracks ruins with HARBOR LIGHT positioned at the far end

HARBOR LIGHT stands above FORT JEFFERSON

View from the top of FORT JEFFERSON with HARBOR LIGHT to the right

A spit of land reaching out from GARDEN KEY

Frigatebirds in late afternoon on a island off of GARDEN KEY

Branches of dead trees

GREAT BLUE HERON

GREAT BLUE HERON

GREAT BLUE HERON

GREAT BLUE HERON

GREAT BLUE HERON

ROYAL TERNS

ROYAL TERNS

ROYAL TERN

ROYAL TERN

ROYAL TERNS

ROYAL TERN

ROYAL TERN

A BROWN PELICAN spreads its wing early in the morning

GHOST CRAB in sea foam bubbles

GHOST CRAB on a beach littered with coral

GHOST CRAB

GHOST CRAB

BLUE CRAB species

BLUE CRAB species

BLUE CRAB species

BLUE CRAB species

BLUE CRAB species

RED-LEGGED HERMIT CRAB

RED-LEGGED HERMIT CRAB

RED-LEGGED HERMIT CRAB

RED-LEGGED HERMIT CRAB

RED-LEGGED HERMIT CRAB

SMOOTH STAR CORAL (foreground) and KNOBBY BRAIN CORAL (background)

A juvenile BEAUGREGORY

A school of REDEAR SARDINES

A school of REDEAR SARDINES

REDEAR SARDINES

A school of REDEAR SARDINES

A school of REDEAR SARDINES

REDEAR SARDINES

GRAY SNAPPER

SERGEANT MAJOR

PERVERSE WHELK

The broken shell of a WHELK

PERVERSE WHELK and PURPLE SEA FAN

RUDDY TURNSTONE

RUDDY TURNSTONE

EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE

SANDERLING, a type of sandpiper

SANDERLINGS

An adult, nonbreeding, BROWN PELICAN

An immature BROWN PELICAN stretches its wings next to a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT

A juvenile MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD

A juvenile MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD

An adult displaying MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD

MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD

BROWN PELICAN in flight

BROWN PELICAN soaring above DRY TORTUGAS

An immature BROWN PELICAN in flight

An immature BROWN PELICAN makes a water landing

Silhouette of a BROWN PELICAN in flight at sunrise

Sunset over the FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY in the GULF OF MEXICO

KEY DEER, an endangered subspecies of the WHITE-TAILED DEER

KEY DEER is the smallest subspecies of the WHITE-TAILED DEER

KEY DEER at sunset

KEY DEER feeding

KEY DEER at sunset

Two KEY DEER share a stem of grass

KEY DEER along Key Deer Boulevard

KEY DEER along Key Deer Boulevard

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

ANHINGA swimming in a shallow stream along the ANHINGA TRAIL

ANHINGA with wet feathers pressed against its head and neck give the bird a slender look

ANHINGA with prominant blood-red eyes and its long, pencil-like beak

Beads of water run off the head of an ANHINGA

An ANHINGA's head and neck project out from a stream while its body remains submerged

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT

The pronounced emerald eye of a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT stands out

A DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT flutters its throat muscles with it mouth agape in an effort to regulate its temperature

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT engaged in a gular flutter

ANHINGA with wings spread for drying

ANHINGA spreads its wings for drying

An ANHINGA's webbed feet clutches the leaning trunk of a GUMBO LIMBO tree

ANHINGA

ANHINGA preening

ANHINGA drying its wings

ANHINGA amongst dead wetland reed grass

ANHINGA perched on a tree branch along the ANHINGA TRAIL

A female ANHINGA balanced on the branch of a GUMBO LIMBO tree

A female ANHINGA on the branch of a GUMBO LIMBO tree

GREEN HERON

A patient GREEN HERON waiting for a meal to come along

GREEN HERON reflecting onto still water

GREEN HERON

GREEN HERON

GREEN HERON clasping a small fish in its beak

A PURPLE GALLINULE amongst YELLOW POND-LILIES

A PURPLE GALLINULE balances on a YELLOW POND-LILY pad

PURPLE GALLINULE looking intently for food

A PURPLE GALLINULE catches a worm

PURPLE GALLINULE surrounded by SPATTERDOCK, COW LILIES

PURPLE GALLINULE climbing up the stem of GIANT REED grass

PURPLE GALLINULE balances on the stem of GIANT REED grass

GREAT BLUE HERON

GREAT BLUE HERON

GREAT BLUE HERON

GREAT BLUE HERON

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR resting on a muddy embankment

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR lurking in shallow water

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR snout

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR teeth

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR hand and claws

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR palm

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

An AMERICAN ALLIGATOR catches some shut-eye

PENNYWORT, an aquatic plant, growing in a pond covered by algae

The purple-colored foliage of a SPATTERDOCK (aka COW LILY) leaf

FLORIDA GAR FISH

Fish swimming in the river of grass

FLORIDA GAR FISH

FIVE-BANDED TIPHIID WASP in flight above a SPATTERDOCK, COW-LILY pad

SPATTERDOCK, COW-LILY flower bud and pads

YELLOW POND-LILY flower bud

FLORIDA RED-BELLIED COOTER turtles

FLORIDA RED-BELLIED COOTER turtles

FLORIDA RED-BELLIED Cooter turtles

YELLOW BELLIED SLIDER Turtle looking rather perturbed

YELLOW BELLIED SLIDER Turtle

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR suspended in a pond

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

WHITE IBIS

WHITE IBIS

WHITE IBIS

ANHINGA eating a fish

ANHINGA eating a fish

ANHINGA eating a fish

ANHINGA spreading its wings on a GUMBO LIMBO tree

TRICOLORED HERON

TRICOLORED HERON

TRICOLORED HERON

BLACK VULTURE

BLACK VULTURES resting

BLACK VULTURES

BLACK VULTURE

BLACK VULTURE

BLACK VULTURES feeding on the carcass of an AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

BLACK VULTURE

GREAT EGRET

GREAT EGRET

GREAT EGRET

GREAT EGRET

GREAT EGRET

GREAT EGRET

Sunrise over the river of grass pepper with RED MANGROVE trees in the EVERGLADES

AMERICAN COOTS in silhouette

AMERICAN COOT

AMERICAN COOT reels in some aquatic vegetation

TRICOLORED HERON

TRICOLORED HERON grasping a GRASSHOPPER

TRICOLORED HERON

TRICOLORED HERON

GREAT EGRET

SHARP-POD MORNING-GLORY flower

RED MANGROVE trees along SNAKE BIGHT TRAIL

BROAD-WINGED HAWK

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

WEST INDIAN MANATEE

A juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

An OSPREY balances on a branch of a FLORIDA ROYAL PALM tree

OSPREY peering down from atop a FLORIDA ROYAL PALM frond

OSPREY sitting on a nest

OSPREY sitting on a nest

An OSPREY standing on its nest calls out while spreading its wings

A juvenile LITTLE BLUE HERON

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT with a big catch

LITTLE BLUE HERON

SAW PALMETTO frond

SAW PALMETTO frond

SAW PALMETTO frond

BIG-HEADED ANT on a MORNING GLORY flower in the MAHOGANY HAMMOCK

ORCHARD ORBWEAVER spider (Leucauge Argyra)

WOOD STORK

GREAT BLUE HERON hunting amongst tall SAWGRASS

POND-CYPRESS trees growing in the slow moving grassy waters of the EVERGLADES

POND-CYPRESS trees pepper the SAWGRASS dominate wetland savanna with a raised hardwood hammock visible in the distance to the left

POND-CYPRESS trees and SAWGRASS

TRICOLORED HERON standing on the branch of a POND-CYPRESS tree

GREAT EGRET in flight

WHITE IBIS in flight over SNAKE BIGHT bay, a shallow coastal bay within the greater FLORIDA BAY

AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS in flight

AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS in flight

MERLIN

From a hammock, SLASH PINE trees grow

ANHINGA

ANHINGA spreading its wings and preening

GREAT EGRET

GREAT EGRET

GREAT EGRET

GREAT EGRET

GREAT EGRET

GREAT EGRET

GREAT EGRET stares ahead intently awaiting a meal amongst GIANT REED grass

A GREAT EGRET flips a morsel of food into its open mouth

GREAT EGRET

TRICOLORED HERON

LITTLE BLUE HERON standing amongst ALLIGATOR FLAG plants

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR along the WEST LOOP ROAD at SHARK VALLEY

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR grinning

GREEN HERON at the edge of the WEST LOOP ROAD

GREEN HERON with raised feathers on the crown of its head

EASTERN LUBBER GRASSHOPPER on the WEST LOOP ROAD

A large EASTERN LUBBER GRASSHOPPER

FLORIDA RED-BELLIED COOTER turtle

LITTLE BLUE HERON

LITTLE BLUE HERON

LITTLE BLUE HERON patiently hunting along a river bank covered with COMMON REED grasses

LITTLE BLUE HERON

SAWGRASS growing in the EVERGLADES

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR amongst SAWGRASS in the SHARK RIVER SLOUGH

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

SHARK RIVER SLOUGH in a northern section of the park

Smoke from fire rises in the distance along the vast, slow moving "River of Grass" known as the EVERGLADES

The SHARK RIVER SLOUGH of the "River of Grass"

A pair of fish swim around a submerged AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

GREAT EGRET in flight

GREAT EGRET landing in SAWGRASS

A natural waterway supporting the YELLOW WATER-LILY pant is flanked by an embankment of SWAMP SAWGRASS and GUMBO LIMBO trees

A forest of SWAMP POND-CYPRESS trees supporting numerous AIR PLANTS along their trunks

A cypress swamp of BALD-CYPRESS trees with AIR PLANTS growing along on their trunks

Swamp POND-CYPRESS trees

POND-CYPRESS trees

Swamp Cypress at the edge of the "River of Grass"

GREAT EGRET wading in water surrounded by BALD-CYPRESS tree trunk support AIR PLANTS, a class of moss organism called an EPIPHYTE that obtains moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, and water

GREAT EGRET

GREAT EGRET

GREAT EGRET

FLORIDA TREE SNAILS

FLORIDA GAR FISH

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

A female RING-NECKED DUCK floating on a wetland full of ELODEA plants (aka BRAZILIAN WATERWEED)

AMERICAN BEAUTYBERRY plant boasting a cluster of its vibrant purple berries

APPLE SNAIL EGGS clustered on the stem of river grass

Sunrise over the BARRON RIVER

A juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON balanced on the branch of a RED MANGROVE tree

A juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

A juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

RED MANGROVE trees growing on an island along CHOKOLOSKEE BAY

RED MANGROVE trees with roots exposed at low tide

RED MANGROVE trees growing on an island along CHOKOLOSKEE BAY

Exposed roots of RED MANGROVE trees at low tide

OSPREY in flight over CHOKOLOSKEE BAY

OSPREY in flight over CHOKOLOSKEE BAY

ROSEATE SPOONBILLS

BUCKEYE butterfly along the MARSH TRAIL

WHITE PEACOCK butterfly

WHITE PEACOCK butterfly

WHITE PEACOCK butterfly

A flock of AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS preening on SANIBEL ISLAND

AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS

A juvenile BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER

A DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT clasping a freshly caught fish

A DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT takes flight gripping a small fish

WHITE IBIS

WHITE IBIS

WHITE IBIS exploring the edge of SANIBEL BAYOU

AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS

AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS and a ROSEATE SPOONBILL

AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS

AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS and a LITTLE BLUE HERON in front

ROSEATE SPOONBILLS, juvenile WHITE IBIS, and SANDPIPERS

ROSEATE SPOONBILLS, juvenile WHITE IBIS, and SANDPIPERS

ROSEATE SPOONBILLS and SANDPIPERS

ROSEATE SPOONBILLS and SANDPIPERS

A pair of juvenile WHITE IBIS, with one stretching its wings, are surrounding by SANDPIPERS, including WILLETS

SNOWY EGRET

SNOWY EGRET

SNOWY EGRET shakes out its snow white feathers

SNOWY EGRET

SNOWY EGRET

SNOWY EGRET preening

SNOWY EGRET stands on a Mangrove tree branch above the SANIBEL BAYOUS

GREAT EGRET with LITTLE BLUE HERONS beyond

TRICOLORED HERON wading in a shallow edge of the MYAKKA RIVER

Feather of a GREAT EGRET floating on the blue water of the slow flowing MYAKKA RIVER

ROSEATE SPOONBILL along the edge of the MYAKKA RIVER

LIMPKIN on the muddy banks of the MYAKKA RIVER

SAW PALMETTO frond

GREAT EGRET perched high atop a tree branch

EASTERN GRAY SQUIRREL with an acorn stuffed in its month

An EASTERN GRAY SQUIRREL with it jaws clutching an acorn

A pair of BLACK SKIMMERS amongst LAUGHING GULLS on FORT ISLAND BEACH

BLACK SKIMMERS and LAUGHING GULLS on FORT ISLAND BEACH

A pair of BLACK SKIMMERS amongst LAUGHING GULLS on FORT ISLAND BEACH

BLACK SKIMMERS and a ROYAL TERN on FORT ISLAND BEACH

RUDDY TURNSTONES (foreground), WILLETS (gray), and BLACK SKIMMERS on FORT ISLAND BEACH

WILLETS (larger, all gray), RUDDY TURNSTONES (orange legs), and SANDERLING (dark legs) on FORT ISLAND BEACH

SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS on FORT ISLAND BEACH

A female BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE

A section of salt marsh within the SUWANNEE RIVER DELTA-ESTUARY at sunset

SAWGRASS and WIREGRASS fills the salt marshes of the lower SUWANNEE RIVER

NORTHERN RACCOON on a tree branch after sunset

NORTHERN RACCOON on a tree branch after sunset

Sunrise over the PANACEA UNIT of the refuge

A GREAT BLUE HERON wades in water with WIREGRASS in the foreground and salt marsh and upland LONGLEAF pine woods beyond

A LONGLEAF PINE tree forest at dawn

SABAL PALMETTO (aka CABBAGE PALM) trees grow alongside a pool in front of the ST. MARKS LIGHTHOUSE

The historic ST. MARKS LIGHTHOUSE tower stands 73 feet tall and 82 feet above the GULF OF MEXICO

SAND CRAB hole

GREAT BLUE HERON marches through a tidal mud flat along the shores of the GULF OF MEXICO

TRICOLORED HERON

A gray WREN

MONARCH BUTTERFLY

MONARCH BUTTERFLY pollinates a flowering SALTBUSH plant (aka SEA MYRTLE)

MONARCH BUTTERFLY on the flowers of a SALTBUSH shrub

MONARCH BUTTERFLY on the flowers of a SALTBUSH shrub

NORTHERN CARDINAL

SOUTHERN LEOPARD FROG

A TRICOLORED HERON, GREAT EGRET, and WHITE IBIS

Water Lily pads

AMERICAN COOTS feeding in a pool rich with aquatic plants

AMERICAN COOT in the EAST RIVER POOL

AMERICAN COOT swimming through a cluster of AMERICAN WHITE WATER-LILY pads

AMERICAN COOT surrounded by AMERICAN WHITE WATER-LILY pads

CABBAGE PALM and LONGLEAF PINE trees

BIG DISMAL SINK, a deep wet sinkhole in the LEON SINKS GEOLOGICAL AREA

Sinkholes, including the BIG DISMAL wet sinkhole, is a telltale sign of a limestone dominate landscape known as karst topography

The BIG DISMAL SINK along the SINKHOLE TRAIL in the LEON SINKS GEOLOGICAL AREA

Fallen trees visible through the clear water of the BIG DISMAL SINK is a prime example of a wet sinkhole, revealing the once hidden waters of an aquifer

SWEETBAY (aka SWAMP MAGNOLIA) tree leaves

LONGLEAF PINE trees

Branches, needles, and cone of a LONGLEAF PINE tree

WATER TUPELO (aka SWAMP TUPELO or COTTONGUM) trees growing in swamp along the GUM SWAMP TRAIL

Fine, white quartz sand collects around a fence and clusters of SEA OATS grass to form a sand dune

Shorebird tracks lead up a white sand dune

Shorebird tracks

The imprint of crab tracks lead up a sand dune, anchored by a cluster of SEA OATS dunegrass

SEA OATS grass growing from a white quartz sand dune at OKALOOSA area on eastern side of SANTA ROSA ISLAND

SEA OATS dunegrass

A gnarled SAND LIVE OAK tree, shaped by the winds off the GULF OF MEXICO, grow atop a sand dune surrounded by dune grasses and other dune plants

OPAL BEACH on SANTA ROSA ISLAND, a protective barrier island

Sun setting over the dunes of OPAL BEACH on SANTA ROSA ISLAND

Dune grasses, including SEA OATS, hold together sand dunes along the GULF OF MEXICO

SEA OATS dunegrass and the white quartz sands of SANTA ROSA ISLAND glow in the setting sun

Looking out over the GULF OF MEXICO from OPAL BEACH

GULF OF MEXICO at dusk from the barrier island of SANTA ROSA

Sunset over the GULF OF MEXICO and OPAL BEACH on SANTA ROSA ISLAND

Sunset over the GULF OF MEXICO and OPAL BEACH on SANTA ROSA ISLAND

SEA OATS dunegrass in silhouette at sunset on OPAL BEACH

Sunset over the GULF OF MEXICO and OPAL BEACH on SANTA ROSA ISLAND

Sunrise over the BAYOU HERON - GRAND BAY NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE

Along the edge of BAYOU HERON, wet pine savanna replete with marsh grasses growing thick and LONGLEAF PINE trees supported on slightly raised land

BROWN'S BAIT SHOP along BAYOU HERON is lit up at sunrise

RACCOON tracks in sand on the banks of the BAYOU HERON

Upland coastal forests of LONGLEAF PINE and SLASH PINE trees with WIREGRASS blanketing the forest floor

Morning sun filters through WIREGRASS and a pine tree forest

The morning sun low on the horizon backlights SLASH PINE and LONGLEAF PINE trees

Morning in the OAK GROVE BIRDING TRAIL area of the refuge

SLASH PINE and LONGLEAF PINE trees growing in a sparse maritime forest

SPOTTED ORBWEAVER spider

PASCAGOULA RIVER

WATER TUPELO trees on the banks of the PASCAGOULA RIVER

Savanna grassland peppered with SLASH PINE trees

SLASH PINE trees

SWEET PITCHER-PLANT is a carnivorous plant that grows well in acidic soils

Fungi growing along the C.L. DEES NATURE TRAIL

BUCKEYE butterfly

SMOOTH PHLOX (aka MARSH PHLOX) wildflower

POND-CYPRESS tree

POND-CYPRESS tree with OLD MAN'S BEARD lichen hanging from it branches

A FERAL HOG forages for food along the banks of HOLMES BAYOU

The HOLMES BAYOU is one of many waterways in this swampland that make up the PEARL RIVER BASIN

The muddy waters of HOLMES BAYOU flow towards the WEST PEARL RIVER

JAPANESE CLIMBING FERN

Along the HOLMES BAYOU TRAIL, the invasive JAPANESE CLIMBING FERN plant covers the trunks of forest trees

SNOWY EGRET amongst BLACK-EYED SUSAN wildflower

BIG FLOATING-HEART lily pads

Plant with red flower

SALTBUSH plant with fluffy flowers in bloom

Brackish waters of a bayou on marshland situated between LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN and LAKE BORGNE

Brackish marshes consisting of BLACK NEEDLERUSH, SMOOTH CORDGRASS, SALTMEADOW CORDGRASS, and SALTGRASS

BELTED KINGFISHER

A BROWN PELICAN in flight

BROWN PELICANS on BALD-CYPRESS trees along TIDE WATER ROAD

BROWN PELICANS congregate on the tops of BALD-CYPRESS trees at sunset in the MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA

BROWN PELICANS at sunset along TIDE WATER ROAD

BROWN PELICANS perched on the branches of BALD-CYPRESS trees

BROWN PELICANS

BROWN PELICANS

A BROWN PELICAN comes in for a landing on the branch of a BALD-CYPRESS tree

BROWN PELICANS, Louisiana's state bird

BROWN PELICANS battle for a spot on the branches of a BALD-CYPRESS tree

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS gathered on the branches of BALD-CYPRESS trees

SNOWY EGRET in YELLOW COTTON BAY along TIDE WATER ROAD

Gas is burnt off from a refinery in the MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA, while a MOSQUITO flies by to the left

A coating of algae floating atop a creek leading to GILLIARD LAKE

The menacing spiked pods in late fall of the JIMSON WEED (aka DEVIL'S SNARE) invasive plant

Clam shell in a muddy creek embankment

GILLIARD LAKE in the floodplain of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER suports a crop of BALD-CYPRESS trees

A GREAT EGRET flies over GILLIARD LAKE from which BALD-CYPRESS trees grow

A juvenile BALD EAGLE in flight

SMOOTH CORDGRASS and COMMON REED grasses growing along a canal

SAVANNAH SPARROW on a stalk of GIANT COMMON REED grass

SMOOTH CORDGRASS growing in wetland

SMOOTH CORDGRASS growing in wetland

Freshwater marsh

A moth (type of HAWK MOTH) on a CHEROKEE ROSE flower

ELONGATE FLOWER FLY on a white flower petal of the CHEROKEE ROSE

STABLE FLY and FLOWER FLY (aka HOVERFLY) pollinating CHEROKEE ROSE flowers

WESTERN LEAF-FOOTED BUG and the thorny bush of a CHEROKEE ROSE

COMMON GARTER SNAKE on a boardwalk along the WETLAND WALKWAY

COMMON GARTER SNAKE

Mud Crab

Mud Crab

RED-EARED SLIDER turtle

Ripples in the sand at low tide along the GULF OF MEXICO

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