Miscellaneous Photos
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This is a page of miscellaneous photos.
All the photos were taken by me. Any animals in the photos are wild and not restrained. The photos have not been manipulated. |
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Otters are fairly common in south Florida, but are hard to photograph.
I often see them running across the road or path ahead of me, or I see
them splashing in a canal, but behind vegetation. This group was playing on a graded limestone road when I came along on my bicycle. They came bounding toward me and got fairly close before they saw me and ran into the brush (to left).
24 Sept 2000 |
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Three of these swam up a canal until they reached the first lock -- a distance of less than
a half-mile from the Atlantic Ocean.
(In south florida.)
This was east of the Homestead Air Force Reserve
Base; maybe at 272nd Street. The lock is designated 20G. The beast in the photo is
a juvenile; the other two were adults.
11 May 2001. 135mm lens. |
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Armadillos are found throughout the state of Florida but are not common in the
wetland areas of the Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp.
I have seen two live armadillos in Everglades National Park -- the one in the photo and another on 31 Jan 2003 at 1:16pm on Research Road which I was not able to photograph. Photo taken along main park road of Everglades National Park, Florida. 4 Dec 2000. 50mm lens. |
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Gopher Tortoise
Osceola National Forest (NE Florida) 24 June 2004 --- 11:25am |
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Florida Box Turtle Loop Road in Big Cypress National Swamp, South Florida. 13 June 2001, 7:40 am. Two photos of same turtle. 135mm lens on helicoid, flash. |
2 Dec 2000. south of Florida City, Florida.
Two people have sent me emails saying that this is actually a Striped Mud Turtle. Another person, who said that he had raised box turtles, told me that it was a Florida Box Turtle. I checked some photos of baby box turtles on the internet and it seems to match. I'll lable it a Box Turtle, although I am not 100% certain. I found this turtle by lifting a piece of discarded wall paneling. I moved the turtle to the pavement and placed a penny in front of it, thus violating my rule of not manipulating anything. The turtle blinked when I took the photo; I want to assure you that it is not dead. It was moving vigorously. I put it back under the wall paneling when I left. |
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| Front and side views of the same Southern Toad. 13 March 2001. Loop Road in Big Cypress Swamp, south Florida. 135mm lens on helicoid, flash. |
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Cute little ladybug-type insect with interesting pattern. Oaxaca, Mexico. 7 June 2000. |
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Spider 50k |
Spider on web. Oaxaca, Mexico, October, 1999.
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Damselfly 33k |
Damselflies are a type of dragonfly. This one is a type of Bluet. It is a very beautiful torquoise blue. East of Oaxaca City, Mexico, along Rio Salado. 31 Oct 1999. |
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Little white church 43k |
Little white church in the small pueblo of San Isidor Monjas about four miles south of Oaxaca City. |
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Dragonfly 22k |
Florida dragonfly. 1 Sept 2000
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Insect 20k | Vicious-looking white and black insect from Oaxaca. 27 Nov 1999. |
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Beetle 46k | Very large green beetle from Oaxaca. Called a Maya. 23 Oct 1999. |
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