Wildlife Photo Index

This index shows the better or more interesting wildlife photos in the travel journals.  It is not complete and does not include zoos or aquariums, but does include a listing of those visits. 

Zoo and Aquarium Visits

Rolling Hills Zoo, Salina, Kansas in September 2002 - zoo website

Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach, SC in October 2003

Alligator Farm in St. Augustine, FL in November 2003

Bradenton, Florida Aquarium (Manatees) in December 2003

Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, TX in February 2004

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ on November 15, 2004

San Diego Wild Animal Park, Escondido, California January 5, 2005

San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California February 24, 2005

Birch Aquarium in La Jolla, California March 3, 2005

San Diego Zoo March 7, 2005

San Diego Wild Animal Park March 9, 2005

Miami Metro Zoo, Miami, Florida on January 9, 2006

Alaska Sealife Center in Seward, Alaska in July, 2006

San Diego Wild Animal Park January 3, 2007

San Diego Wild Animal Park, January 6, 2007

Monterey Bay Aquarium, April 5, 2007

National Zoo in Washington, DC, September 19, 2007

Miami MetroZoo, October 22, 2007

Naples Zoo January 28, 2008

Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, Florida March 19, 2008

Florida's Silver Springs March 20, 2008

Jacksonville, Florida Zoo March 27, 2008

Lion Habitat at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV October 14, 2008

San Diego Zoo December 5, 2008

San Diego Zoo December 8, 2008

San Diego Wild Animal Park, December 11, 2008

San Diego Wild Animal Park, December 18, 2008

San Diego Zoo, February 20, 2009

San Diego Zoo, February 25, 2009

San Diego Wild Animal Park, March 3, 2009

San Diego Wild Animal Park, March 12, 2009

Brookgreen Gardens Zoo October 31, 2009

Georgia Aquarium November 4, 2009

Zoo Atlanta November 5, 2009

Alligator Farm in St. Augustine, FL in November 20, 2009

Jacksonville Zoo on March 23, 2012

Animals on a private ranch in Harper, TX April 13-15, 2012

Arizona Sonoro Desert Museum, Tucson AZ November 20, 2012

Wildlife

Alligators in the Everglades in April 2003

Alligator in Big Pine Key, Florida in December 2003

Alligators in Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida in December 2003

Alligators in Corkscrew Swamp, Florida in January 2004

Alligator in Rockport, Texas in February 2004

Alligator at Kennedy Space Center, Florida in December 2005

Alligators in Everglades National Park, January 7, 2006

Alligators in Everglades National Park, January 11, 2006

Alligators in Everglades National Park January 13, 2006

Alligators in Rockport, Texas in February 2006

Alligators in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas in March 2006

Alligators in Everglades National Park October 17, 2007

Alligator on Big Pine Key October, 30, 2007, November 2, 2007, November 11, 2007

Alligators in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida November 17, 2007

Alligators in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida January 6, 2008 (multiples)

Alligators in Shark Valley, Everglades NP (and Big Cypress) on January 23, 2008 (multiples including babies)

Alligators in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida February 1, 2008

Alligators in Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008

Alligators in Big Cypress NP, FL February 26, 2008

Alligators in Merritt Island NWR March 5, 2008

Alligators in Jungles Gardens, Avery Island, Louisiana April 5, 2008

Alligator in Fort Myers Beach, FL December 2009 (multiple)

Alligators in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida December 22, 2009

Alligator in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 11 and 14, 2010

Alligator in Big Cypress, FL January 15, 2010

Alligators in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 15, 2010 (multple)

Alligator in Bailey Tract of Darling NWR January 20, 2010

Alligator in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 24-25, 2010

Alligators in Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve January 29, 2010

Alligator in Blue Springs State Park, FL February 3, 2010

Alligator in Everglades NP, December 14, 2011

Alligators in Merritt Island NWR, January 26, 2012

Alligator in Clermont, FL February 18, 2012

American Bittern in Everglades National Park, January 7, 2006

American Bittern at Lake Okeechobee, FL January 6, 2012

American Bittern in Merritt Island NWR, January 26, 2012

Anhingas in Everglades National Park, January 7, 2006

Anhinga in Everglades National Park, January 11, 2006

Anhinga in Everglades National Park January 13, 2006

Anhinga in Everglades National Park (multiple), October 17, 2007

Anhinga in Mims, Florida November 18, 2007

Anhingas in Fort Myers Beach, Florida December 2007

Anhinga in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida January 6, 2008

Anhinga in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida February 1, 2008

Anhinga in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008

Anhinga in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, February 15, 2008

Anhinga in Fort Myers Beach, FL late February 2008

Anhinga in Merritt Island NWR March 5, 2008

Anhingas in The Villages, FL December 5, 2009

Anhinga in Fort Myers Beach, FL December 21, 2009

Anhinga in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 14, 2010

Anhinga in Big Cypress, FL January 15, 2010

Anhingas in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 15, 2010

Anhinga in Ding Darling NWR January 20, 2010 (multiples)

Anhinga in Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve January 29, 2010

Anhingas in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 23-31, 2010

Anhinga in Blue Springs State Park, FL February 3, 2010

Anhinga in Jacksonville, FL March 4, 2010

Anhingas in Everglades NP, December 14, 2011

Anhinga in Port St. Lucie, FL, December 2011

Anhinga in Port St. Lucie, FL January 5, 2012

Anhinga in Port St. Lucie, FL February 13, 2012

Anhinga in Lakeland, FL March 9, 2012

Anhinga in The Villages, FL March 14, 2012

Anole lizard (brown) in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008

Anole lizard (green) in Big Cypress NP, FL February 26, 2008

Avocet (American) in Menifee, CA March 24, 2011

Bat (unknown species) in Monroe, WA August 18 and 19, 2012

Bighorn Sheep in Hells Canyon in July 2003

Bighorn Sheep in Hells Canyon in July 2004 (first sighting), Later sightings

Bighorn Sheep (Desert) in Anza-Borrego State Park, California in March 2005

Bighorn Sheep by Golden, BC in August 2005

Bighorn Sheep in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada in August 2005

Bighorn Sheep in Banff National Park, Alberta June 1, 2006

Bighorn Sheep in Banff National Park, Alberta June 2, 2006

Bighorn Sheep in Banff National Park, Alberta June 3, 2006

Bighorn Sheep (Desert) in Death Valley National Park, California on December 14, 2006 (multiple photos)

Bighorn Sheep in Glacier National Park July 10, 2008

Bighorn Sheep in Glacier National Park July 11, 2008

Bighorn Sheep in Grand Canyon National Park, October 21, 2008

Birds at feeder in Tumwater, WA in May 2007

Birds in Hesperia, CA in March 2009

Bison (American) in Theodore Roosevelt National Park,North Dakota in August 2003 (multiple locations)

Bison (American) in Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky in April 2004

Bison (American) in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada in August 2005

Bison (Wood) by Liard Hotsprings, BC in June 2006 (multiple photos)

Bison (American) in Custer State Park, South Dakota on October 1, 2006

Bison (American) in Yellowstone National Park June 18-21, 2008 (multiples)

Bison (American) in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Unit, July 28, 2009

Bison (American) in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, South Unit, July 29, 2009

Black Bear in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada in August 2005

Black Bear on the drive to Stewart, BC on August 21, 2006 (multiple)

Black Bear in Hyder, Alaska August 21, 2006

Black Bear in Hyder, Alaska August 22, 2006 (with video)

Black Bear in Shenandoah National Park October 19, 2009

Bluebirds in Tijeras, NM April 2008

Bluebird in Steamboat Springs, CO April 20, 2008

Bluebird in Grand Canyon National Park, October 21, 2008

Bluebird (Eastern) in Silver Springs, FL February 6, 2010

Bunting (Painted) in Merritt Island NWR, January 26, 2012

Burros (Wild) by Las Vegas in May 2004

Burros in Custer State Park, South Dakota on October 1, 2006

Burros in Oatman, Arizona in December 2006

Cardinal (Northern) in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas in March 2006

Cardinal in Clermont, Florida October 2007 (with videos)

Cardinal in Clermont, Florida December 2007 (with video)

Caribou in Stone Mountain Provincial Park, British Columbia on June 9, 2006

Caribou in Denali National Park, Alaska on August 1, 2006, More

Caribou on the Denali Highway, Alaska in August 2006

Catbird (Gray) in Fort Myers Beach, Florida January 8, 2008

Catbird (Gray) in Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve January 29, 2010

Chickadee in Ilwaco, WA June 24, 2010

Chipmunk in Yellowstone National Park, June 20, 2008

Chipmunk in Bryce Canyon National Park, September 30, 2008

Clark's Nutcracker in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon in August 2004

Condor (California) in Grand Canyon National Park, October 21, 2008 (multiple)

Coots in Jacksonville, Florida, November 2007

Coots in Merritt Island NWR March 5, 2008

Coots in Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve January 29, 2010

Coot in Menifee, CA February 26, 2011

Coots in Jacksonville, FL November 21, 2011

Cormorants in Corkscrew Swamp, Florida in January 2004

Cormorants in Everglades National Park January 13, 2006

Cormorant in Monterey, CA April 5, 2007

Cormorants at Cape Disappointment State Park, WA June 27, 2007

Cormorant in Merritt Island NWR November 17, 2007

Cormorants (double-breasted) in Jacksonville, Florida November 2007

Cormorant in Fort Myers Beach, Florida December 2007

Cormorant (double-breasted) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 23, 2008

Cormorants (double-breasted) in Fort Myers Beach, Florida January 27, 2008

Cormorant (double-breasted)  in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, February 9, 2008

Cormorants (double-breasted) in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008

Cormorants in Fort Myers Beach, FL late February 2008

Cormorants (double-breasted) in Sault Ste. Marie, MI on September 9, 2009

Cormorant (double-breasted) in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida December 22, 2009

Cormorants (double-breasted) in Fort Myers Beach, FL December 19, 2009

Cormorant (double-breasted) in Ding Darling NWR January 20, 2010

Cormorants (double-breasted) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 25, 2010

Cormorants (double-breasted) in Blue Springs State Park, FL February 3, 2010

Cormorants (double-breasted) in Everglades NP, December 14, 2011

Cormorants (double-breasted) in Cedar Key, FL March 13, 2012

Cormorants (double-breasted) in The Villages, FL March 14, 2012

Coyote in Death Valley National Park, California in December 2004

Coyotes in Death Valley National Park, California on December 2, 2010

Cranes (Sandhill) in Clermont, Florida in January 2004

Cranes (Sandhill) in Clermont, Florida on January 23, 2006

Cranes (Sandhill) in Clermont, Florida on January 25, 2006

Cranes (Sandhill) in Clermont, Florida in October 2007

Crane (Sandhill) in Clermont, Florida in December 2007

Cranes (Sandhill) in Steamboat Springs, CO April 22, 2008

Cranes (Sandhill) in Bushnell, FL December 2009

Cranes (Sandhill) in Port St. Lucie, FL, December 2011 (with video)

Cranes (Sandhill) in Port St. Lucie, FL, January 2012

Cranes (Sandhill) in Port St. Lucie, FL February 2012

Cranes (Sandhill) in Clermont, FL February 17 and 18, 2012

Crane (Sandhill) in Kissimmee, FL March 28, 2012

Cranes (Sandhill) in Clermont, FL March 31, 2012

Crested Caracara in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas in March 2006

Crocodile (American) in Everglades National Park, Florida in December 2003

Crocodile (American) in Everglades NP December 14, 2011

Crows in Everglades National Park October 17, 2007

Crows in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 3, 2010

Dall Sheep in Denali National Park, Alaska on August 1, 2006

Deer (Key) in Big Pine Key, Florida in December 2003

Deer (Key) in Big Pine Key, Florida October 30, 2007

Deer in Corkscrew Swamp, Florida in January 2004

Deer in Hells Canyon, July 2004

Deer in Great Basin National Park, October 2004

Deer (white tail) in Shenandoah National Park September 14, 2007 (multiple photos)

Deer (white tail?) in Ilwaco, WA on August 25, 2008

Deer (white tail) in Shenandoah National Park October 19, 2009 (multiple photos)

Deer (white tail) in Seaview, WA June 22, 2011

Deer (white tail) in Seaview, WA June 18, 2013

Deer (mule) in Yosemite NP, CA October 19, 2012

Dolphins in Hawaii November 2001

Dolphins in Jacksonville, Florida in December 2005

Dolphins in Cedar Key, FL March 13, 2012

Douglas Squirrel in Olympic National Park, Washington in July 2005

Dove (Mourning) in Clermont, Florida October 13, 2007

Doves (Mourning) in Fort Myers Beach, FL February 24, 2008

Dove (Mourning) in Fort Myers Beach, FL December 23, 2009

Dove (Mourning) in Santa Barbara, CA March 9, 2011

Dove (Mourning) in Port St. Lucie, FL, December 2011

Dove (Mourning) in Port St. Lucie, FL February 3, 2012

Doves (Mourning) in Clermont, FL February 18, 2012

Dove (Ground) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 11, 2010

Doves (Eurasian Collared?) in Menifee, CA February 24, 2011

Ducks and geese in Eugene, OR May 2, 2007

Ducks in Ilwaco, WA June 23, 2007

Ducks (Mallard) in Menifee, CA February 23, 2011

Eagle (Bald) in Valdez, Alaska in June 2006

Eagle (Bald) by Seward, Alaska in July 2006

Eagle (Bald) by Meier's Lake, Alaska in August 2006

Eagle (Bald) in Haines, Alaska August 14, 2006

Eagles (Bald) in Haines, Alaska August 15, 2006

Eagles (Bald) in Haines, Alaska August 16, 2006

Eagle (Bald) in Hyder, Alaska August 21, 2006

Eagles (Bald) in Hyder, Alaska August 23, 2006

Eagle (Bald) on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, September 28, 2007

Eagle (Bald) in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, February7, 2008

Eagle (Bald) in Fort Myers Beach, FL late February 2008

Eagle (Bald) in Yellowstone National Park June 18, 2008

Eagle (Bald) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 1, 2010

Eagle (Bald) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 29-30, 2010

Eagle (Bald) in Poulsbo, WA July 16, 2011

Eagle (immature Bald) in Poulsbo, WA July 19, 2012

Egret (Cattle) in Fort Myers Beach, FL February 24, 2008

Egret (Cattle) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 24, 2010

Egret (Cattle) in Port St. Lucie, FL, December 2011

Egret (Cattle) in Port St. Lucie, FL February 3, 2012

Egret (Great) in Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Florida in January 2004

Egret (Great) in Martinez, California in September 2004 (multiple photos)

Egret (Great) in Everglades National Park, January 7, 2006

Egret (Great) in Everglades National Park, January 11, 2006

Egret (Great) in Everglades National Park January 13, 2006

Egret (Great) in Redding, CA on April 29, 2007

Egret (Great) in Everglades National Park (mulitiples) October 17, 2007

Egret (Great) at Deering Estates in Miami, FL October 27, 2007

Egret (Great) in Key West, Florida November 11, 2007

Egret (Great) in Merritt Island NWR November 17, 2007

Egret (Great) in Jacksonville, Florida December 3, 2007

Egret (Great) in Fort Myers Beach, Florida December 2007

Egret (Great) in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida January 6, 2008 (multiple)

Egret (Great) in Bailey Tract, Sanibel Island, Florida January 6, 2008

Egret (Great) in Lovers Key State Park, Florida January 16, 2008

Egret (Great) in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida February 1, 2008

Egret (Great) in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, February 15, 2008

Egret (Great) in Fort Myers Beach, FL late February 2008

Egret (Great) in Big Cypress NP, FL February 26, 2008

Egret (Great) in Merritt Island NWR March 5, 2008

Egret (Great) in Salton Sea, CA January 16, 2009

Egret (Great) in Jacksonville, FL November 27, 2009

Egret (Great) in Jacksonville, FL December 2, 2009

Egret (Great) in Fort Pierce, FL December 12, 2009

Egret (Great) in Fort Myers Beach, FL December 16, 2009

Egret (Great) in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida December 22, 2009

Egret (Great) in Big Cypress January 15, 2010

Egret (Great) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 18, 2010

Egret (Great) in Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve January 29, 2010

Egret (Great) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 23-31, 2010

Egret (Great) in Jacksonville, FL March 1, 2010

Egrets (Great) in Menifee, CA February 24-27, 2011

Egret (Great) in Menifee, CA March 24, 2011

Egret (Great) in Everglades NP, December 14, 2011

Egret (Great) in Port St. Lucie, FL, December 2011

Egret (Great) in Merritt Island NWR, January 26, 2012

Egret (Great) in The Villages, FL March 14, 2012

Egret (Great) in Florence, OR September 27, 2012

Egret (Great) in Redding, CA October 14, 2012

Egret (Reddish) in Merritt Island NWR November 17, 2007

Egret (Reddish) in Ding Darling NWR January 20, 2010

Egret (Reddish) in Merritt Island NWR, January 26, 2012

Egret (Snowy) in Harlingen, Texas in March 2006

Egret (Snowy) in Merritt Island NWR November 17, 2007

Egret (Snowy) in Jacksonville, Florida November 29, 2007

Egret (Snowy) in Lovers Key State Park, Florida January 16, 2008

Egret (Snowy) in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008

Egret (Snowy) in Big Cypress NP, FL February 26, 2008

Egret (Snowy) in Merritt Island NWR March 5, 2008

Egrets (mixed Snowy and Great nesting) in Jungle Gardens, Avery Island, Louisiana April 5, 2008

Egret (Snowy) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 15, 2010

Egrets (Snowy) in Ding Darling NWR January 20, 2010

Egret (Snowy) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 21, 2010

Egrets (Snowy) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 24-31, 2010

Egrets (Snowy) in Menifee, CA February 23 and 24, 2011

Egret (Snowy) in Port St. Lucie, FL, January 31, 2012

Egret (Snowy) in Martinez, CA April 18, 2013

Elk in northern California in March 2003

Elk in southern Oregon in September 2004

Elk near Trinidad, California in September 2004

Elk in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada in August 2005

Elk in Banff National Park, Alberta June 3, 2006

Elk in Jasper National Park, Alberta, June 5, 2006

Elk in Yellowstone National Park June 2008 (multiples)

Elk in Grand Canyon National Park, October 22, 2008 (multiples)

Elk in Rocky Mountain National Park October 11, 2011 (multiples)

Elk in Rocky Mountain National Park October 13, 2011 (multiples)

Elk just east of Reedsport, OR September 27, 2012

Falcon in Morro Bay, CA March 12, 2011

Flicker (Northern) in Loveland, CO on October 10, 2011

Fox in Steamboat Springs, CO April 18, 2008

Frog (Florida Tree) in The Villages, FL March 16, 2012

Frigatebird (Magnificent) in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida November 5, 2007

Gar in Everglades National Park January 13, 2006

Gar in Everglades National Park October 17, 2007

Gar in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008

Gar in Big Cypress NP, FL February 26, 2008

Geese, Canada in Monterey, CA April 5, 2007

Geese, Canada in Burbank, WA June 13, 2012

Gnatcatcher (Blue-Gray) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 15, 2010

Goldfinches in Tumwater, WA May 2008

Goldfinches in Ilwaco, WA June 27, 2009

Goldfinches in Ilwaco, WA June 25 and July 5, 2010

Grebe (Pied-billed) in Everglades National Park January 13, 2006

Grebe in Martinez, CA in April 2007

Grebe (Pied-billed) in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008

Green Jay in Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas in March 2006

Grizzly Bears in Denali National Park, Alaska on August 1, 2006 (multiples), More

Grizzly Bears in Haines, Alaska August 14, 2006

Grizzly Bears in Hyder, Alaska August 22, 2006 (with video)

Grizzly Bear in Hyder, Alaska August 23, 2006

Grizzly Bears in Hyder, Alaska August 24, 2006 (many good photos)

Grosbeak, Black-Headed, Tumwater, WA June 14, 2009

Groundhog/Woodchuck on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, September 28, 2007

Gull in Monterey, CA April 5, 2007

Gulls and Terns in Martinez, CA in April 2007

Gyrfalcon in Denali National Park, Alaska on August 1, 2006

Hawk (Red-shouldered) in Clermont, Florida October 10, 2007

Hawk (Red-shouldered) in Miami, Florida October 24, 2007

Hawk (sharp-shinned or red-shouldered) in Everglades National Park October 17, 2007

Hawk (red-shouldered) in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida January 6, 2008

Hawk (red-shouldered) in Big Cypress NP, FL February 26, 2008

Hawk (red-shouldered) in Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve January 29, 2010

Hawk (red-shouldered) in Blue Springs State Park, FL February 3, 2010

Hawk (red-shouldered) in Silver Springs, FL February 8, 2010

Hawk (red-shouldered) in Silver Springs, FL February 28, 2010

Hawk (Harris) in Usery Mountain Recreation Area, Mesa, AZ on November 12, 2010

Heron (Great Blue) in Everglades National Park, Florida in December 2003

Heron (Great Blue) at Lovers Key State Park, Florida in December 2005

Heron (Great Blue) at Flamingo, Everglades National Park on January 7, 2006

Heron (Great Blue) on Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park, January 7, 2006

Heron (Great Blue)s in Everglades National Park, January 11, 2006

Heron (Great Blue) in Everglades National Park on January 13, 2006

Heron (Great Blue) in Rockport, Texas in February 2006

Heron (Great Blue) in Harlingen, Texas in March 2006

Heron (Great Blue) in Hyder, Alaska in August 2006

Heron (Great Blue) in Poulsbo, WA June 5, 2007

Heron (Great Blue) in Poulsbo, WA July 28, 2007

Heron (Great Blue) in Seaside, OR August 7, 2007

Heron (Great Blue) in Everglades National Park October 17, 2007

Heron (Great Blue) in Dry Tortugas National Park November 5, 2007

Heron (Great Blue) in Merritt Island NWR November 17, 2007

Heron (Great Blue) in Mims, Florida November 18, 2007

Heron (Great Blue) in Fort Myers Beach, Florida December 2007

Heron (Great Blue) in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida January 6, 2007 (multiple)

Heron (Great Blue) in Shark Valley, Everglades National Park and Big Cypress on January 23, 2008 (multiple)

Heron (Great Blue) in Fort Myers Beach, Florida January 26, 2008

Heron (Great Blue) in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida February 1, 2008

Heron (Great Blue) in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, February 12, 2008

Heron (Great Blue) in Big Cypress NP, FL February 26, 2008 (multiples)

Heron (Great Blue) in Fort Myers Beach, FL late February 2008 (multiples)

Heron (Great Blue) in Merritt Island NWR March 5, 2008

Heron (Great Blue) in Poulsbo, WA July 25, 2008

Heron (Great Blue) in Poulsbo, WA July 30, 2008

Heron (Great Blue) in Alpena, MI on September 11, 2009

Heron (Great Blue) in Murrells Inlet, SC on October 29, 2009

Heron (Great Blue and Little Blue) in Jacksonville, FL November 27, 2009

Herons (Great Blue) in Fort Myers Beach, FL December 2009

Heron (Great Blue) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 12, 2010

Heron (Great Blue) in Big Cypress January 15, 2010

Heron (Great Blue) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 15, 2010

Heron (Great Blue) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 18, 2010

Heron (Great Blue) in Blue Springs State Park, FL February 3, 2010

Heron (Great Blue) in Poulsbo, WA July 11, 2010

Herons (Great Blue) in Menifee, CA February 24 to March 1, 2011

Heron (Great Blue) in Menifee, CA March 28, 2011

Heron (Great Blue) in Poulsbo, WA July 16, 2011

Heron (Great Blue) in Orange Beach, AL on November 4, 2011

Heron (Great Blue) in Panama City, FL on November 8, 2011

Heron (Great Blue) in Everglades NP, December 14, 2011

Heron (Great Blue) in Morikami Gardens, Delray Beach, FL, December 18, 2011

Heron (Great Blue) in Merritt Island NWR, January 26, 2012

Heron (Great Blue) in Port St. Lucie, FL, January 28-29, 2012

Heron (Great Blue) in Port St. Lucie, FL in February 2012

Heron (Great Blue) in Lakeland, FL March 9, 2012

Heron (Great Blue) in Lakeland, FL March 30, 2012

Heron (Great Blue) in Poulsbo, WA July 13 and 19, 2012

Heron (Great Blue) in Astoria, OR August 29, 2012

Heron (Great Blue) in Eugene, OR September 25 and 26, 2012

Heron (Great Blue) in Eugene, OR October 8 and 9, 2012

Heron (Great Blue) in Eugene, OR April 30, 2013

Heron (Great Blue) in La Conner, WA August 4, 2013

Heron (Great White) in Sugarloaf Key, Florida in December 2003

Heron (Green) at Flamingo, Everglades National Park, January 7, 2006

Heron (Green) on Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park, January 7, 2006

Heron (Green) in Everglades National Park, January 11, 2006

Heron (Green) in Everglades National Park January 13, 2006

Heron (Green) in Ocala National Forest, Florida on January 23, 2006

Heron (Green) in Everglades National Park October 17, 2007

Heron (Green) in Key West, Florida November 11, 2007

Heron (Green) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008

Heron (Green) in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida December 22, 2009

Heron (Green) in Big Cypress January 15, 2010

Heron (Green) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 15, 2010

Heron (Green) in Ding Darling NWR January 20, 2010

Heron (Green) in Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve January 29, 2010

Heron (Little Blue) north of Bradenton, Florida in December 2003

Heron (Little Blue) in Everglades National Park, December 28, 2003

Heron (Little Blue) in Corkscrew Swamp, Florida in January 2004

Heron (Little Blue) at Lovers Key State Park, Florida in December 2005

Heron (Little Blue) in Everglades National Park, January 7, 2006

Heron (Little Blue) in Florida Keys January 10, 2006

Heron (Little Blue) in Everglades National Park, January 11, 2006

Heron (Little Blue) in Everglades National Park January 13, 2006

Heron (Little Blue) in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge November 17, 2007

Heron (Little Blue) in Mims, Florida November 18, 2007

Heron (Little Blue) in Bailey Tract, Sanibel Island, Florida January 11, 2008

Heron (Little Blue) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008 (multiple)

Heron (Little Blue) in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008

Heron (Little Blue) in Big Cypress NP, FL February 26, 2008

Heron (Little Blue) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 15, 2010

Heron (Little Blue) in Bailey Tract of Darling NWR January 20, 2010

Heron (Little Blue) in Ding Darling NWR January 20, 2010 (multiples)

Heron (Little Blue) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 24, 2010

Heron (Little Blue) in Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve January 29, 2010

Heron (Little Blue) in Everglades NP, December 14, 2011

Heron (Little Blue) in Port St. Lucie, FL, December 2011

Heron (Little Blue) in Port St. Lucie, FL February 2012

Heron (Night) in Everglades National Park, January 7, 2006

Heron (Night) in Everglades National Park January 13, 2006

Heron (Night) in Harlingen, Texas in March 2006

Heron (Night) in Menifee, California on January 9, 2007

Heron (Night) in Everglades National Park October 17, 2007

Heron (Black crowned night) in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida December 22, 2009

Heron (Yellow crowned night) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008

Heron (Yellow crowned night) in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008 (multiples)

Heron (Black-crowned night) in Big Cypress January 15, 2010

Heron (Black-crowned night) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 15, 2010

Herons (Black-crowned night) in Menifee, CA February 26-27, 2011

Heron (Black-crowned night) in Menifee, CA March 24, 2011

Heron (Black-crowned night, immature) in Everglades NP December 14, 2011

Heron (Yellow-crowned night) in Ding Darling NWR January 20, 2010

Heron (Yellow-crowned night) in Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve January 29, 2010

Heron (Tri-colored) in Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida in December 2003

Heron (Tri-colored) in Everglades National Park, January 7, 2006

Heron (Tri-colored) in Everglades National Park, January 11, 2006

Heron (Tri-colored) in Everglades National Park January 13, 2006

Heron (Tri-colored) in Everglades National Park October 17, 2007

Heron (Tri-colored) in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge November 17, 2007

Heron (Tri-colored) in Lovers Key State Park, Florida on January 16, 2008

Heron (Tri-colored) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008 (multiples)

Heron (Tri-colored) in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008 (multiples)

Heron (Tri-colored) in Merritt Island NWR March 5, 2008 (multiples)

Heron (Tri-colored) in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida December 22, 2009

Heron (Tri-colored) in Fort Myers Beach, FL December 24, 2009

Heron (Tri-colored) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 15, 2010

Heron (Tri-colored) in Ding Darling NWR January 20, 2010

Heron (Tri-colored) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 24, 2010

Heron (Tri-colored) in Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve January 29, 2010

Heron (Tri-colored) in Everglades NP, December 14, 2011

Heron (Tri-colored) in Port St. Lucie, FL January 5, 2012 (with video)

Heron (Tri-colored) in Merritt Island NWR, January 26, 2012

Heron (Tri-colored) in Lakeland, FL March 30, 2012

Hoary Marmot in Denali National Park, Alaska on August 1, 2006

Hummingbirds in Hesperia, CA in March 2007

Hummingbird in Vancouver, WA in May 2008

Hummingbird in Poulsbo, WA in June 2008

Hummingbirds, Black-Chinned and another in Hesperia, CA on January 22, 2011

Ibis (Glossy) in Merritt Island, Florida in December 2005

Ibis (Glossy) in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas in March 2006

Ibis (Glossy) close to Las Cruces, NM in March 2006

Ibis (Glossy) in Merritt Island NWR November 17, 2007

Ibis (Glossy) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008

Ibis (Glossy) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 25, 2008

Ibis (Glossy) in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, February 2, 2008

Ibis (Glossy) in Merritt Island NWR March 5, 2008

Ibis (Glossy) in Fort Myers Beach, FL December 24, 2009

Ibis (Glossy) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 21, 2010

Ibis (Glossy) in Port St. Lucie, FL, January 18, 2012

Ibis (Glossy) in Port St. Lucie, FL February 2012

Ibis (White) in Charleston, NC in October 2003

Ibis (White) in Corkscrew Swamp, Florida in January 2004

Ibis (White) in Everglades National Park, January 7, 2006

Ibis (White) in Florida Keys January 10, 2006

Ibis (White) in Everglades National Park October 17, 2007

Ibis (White) in Big Pine Key, Florida November 2, 2007

Ibis (White) in Merritt Island NWR November 17, 2007

Ibis (White) in Fort Myers Beach, Florida December 2007

Ibis (White) in Lovers Key State Park, Florida on January 16, 2008

Ibis (White) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008

Ibis (White)  in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, February 13, 2008

Ibis (White) in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008

Ibis (White) in Merritt Island NWR March 5, 2008

Ibis (White) In Myrtle Beach, SC October 29, 2009

Ibis (White and Glossy together) in Fort Myers Beach, FL December 26, 2009

Ibis (White) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 15, 2010 (multiples)

Ibis (White) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 18, 2010

Ibis (White) in Ding Darling NWR January 20, 2010 (multiples)

Ibis (White) in Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve January 29, 2010

Ibis (White and Glossy) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 23-31, 2010

Ibis (White-Faced) in Menifee, CA March 28, 2011

Ibis (White) in Port St. Lucie, FL, December 2011

Ibis (White) in Merritt Island NWR, January 26, 2012

Ibis (White) in Port St. Lucie, FL February 2012

Ibis (White) in Lakeland, FL March 30, 2012

Iguana in Big Pine Key, Florida in December 2003

Iguana in Key West, Florida November 3, 2007

Javelina in Tonto Natural Bridge State Park, Arizona in May 2004

Jay (Gray) in Yellowstone National Park, June 20, 2008

Jay (Pinon) in Grand Canyon National Park, October 22, 2008

Jay (Western Scrub) in Ramona, CA March 2, 2009

Jay (Blue) in Livingston, Texas March 27, 2010

Jay (Western Scrub) in Eugene, OR, October 10, 2012

Jay (Western Scrub) in Martinez, CA April 19, 2013

Killdeer in Fort Myers Beach, FL on January 11, 2010

Killdeer in Ding Darling NWR January 20, 2010

Killdeer in Port St. Lucie, FL January 5, 2012

Koi (carp/goldfish) at Stuhr Museum in Grand Island, Kansas September 1, 2007

Kingfisher (Belted) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008

Kingfisher (Belted) in Fort Myers Beach, FL February 24, 2008

Lizards - Zion National Park, October 1, 2008 (two lizards)

Lizard (Skink) in Wildwood, FL March 17, 2012

Lovebirds (Peach-faced) in Usery Mountain Recreation Area, Mesa, AZ on November 13, 2010

Manatees in Florida, December 2003

Manatee in Key West, FL October 31, 2007

Manatees in Merritt Island NWR March 5, 2008

Manatees in Manatee Park, Fort Myers Beach, FL January 22, 2010

Manatees (lots of them including videos) in Blue Springs State Park, FL February 3, 2010

Marbled murrelet in Cape Flattery, Washington in July 2005

Merlins in Denali National Park, Alaska on August 1, 2006

Mockingbird (Northern) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008

Mockingbird (Northern) in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008

Mockingbird (Northern) in Fort Myers Beach, FL February 24, 2008

Mockingbird (Northern) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 1-11 2010 (multiples)

Moorhens in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008

Moorhen in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 15, 2010

Moorhen in Lake Okeechobee, FL January 6, 2012

Moose by Liard Hotsprings, BC in June 2006

Moose in Denali National Park, Alaska on August 1, 2006

Moose by Tok, Alaska in August 2006

Moth (Hummingbird/Sphinx) in Prior Lake, MN August 18, 2010

Mountain Goats - Glacier National Park July 10, 2008

Mountain Goats - Glacier National Park July 11, 2008 (multiple times)

Nene (geese) in Kauai in November 2001

Otter, River in Poulsbo, WA June 2008

Otter (River) in Poulsbo, WA July 26, 2008

Otter (River) in Poulsbo, WA August 5, 2008

Otter (River) in Poulsbo, WA July 6, 2009

Otter (River) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 15, 2010

Otter (River) in Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve January 29, 2010

Otter (River) in Poulsbo, WA July 14, 2012

Otter (Sea) in San Simeon, CA March 14, 2011

Oriole (Bullock's) in Tumwater, WA May 2008

Osprey in Everglades National Park, Florida in December 2003

Osprey in Lovers Key State Park, Florida in December 2005

Osprey in Everglades National Park on January 7, 2006

Osprey in Everglades National Park October 17, 2007

Osprey in Fort Myers Beach, FL February 24, 2008

Osprey in Big Cypress NP, FL February 26, 2008

Osprey in Ilwaco, WA August 25, 2008

Osprey in Jacksonville, FL December 2, 2009

Osprey in Ding Darling NWR January 20, 2010

Osprey in Daytona Beach Shores, FL February 8, 2010

Osprey in Merritt Island NWR, January 26, 2012

Osprey in Blaine, WA July 31, 2013

Pelicans (Brown) in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in May 2003

Pelicans (Brown) on California Coast in September 2004

Pelicans (White) in Fulton, Texas in February 2006

Pelican (Brown) in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas in March 2006

Pelicans (Brown) on California Coast April 8, 2007

Pelicans (Brown) in Tybee Island, GA October 5, 2007

Pelicans (Brown) in Everglades National Park October 17, 2007

Pelican (Brown) at Deering Estate, Miami, FL October 27, 2007

Pelican (Brown) in Key West, FL October 31, 2007, November 3, 2007, November 5, 2007 (Dry Tortugas NP)

Pelican (Brown) in Merritt Island NWR November 17, 2007

Pelican (Brown) in Jacksonville, Florida December 1, 2007

Pelican (Brown) in Fort Myers Beach, Florida January 27, 2008

Pelican (Brown) in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, early February 2008

Pelican (Brown) in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008

Pelicans (White) in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008

Pelicans (Brown) in Fort Myers Beach, FL late February 2008

Pelicans (White) in Yellowstone National Park, June 20, 2008

Pelicans (Brown) while in Seaview, WA September 8 to 17, 2008 (multiple times)

Pelicans (both Brown and White) in Salton Sea, CA January 16, 2009

Pelican (Brown) in Jacksonville, FL November 27, 2009

Pelican (Brown) in Fort Myers Beach, FL December 23, 2009

Pelicans (Brown) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 3rd and 4th, 2010

Pelican (Brown) in Jacksonville, FL March 4, 2010

Pelicans (Brown) in Orange Beach, AL on November 4, 2011

Pelican (Brown) in Panama City, FL on November 8, 2011

Pelicans (Brown) in St. Augustine Beach, FL December 2, 2011

Pelican (White) in Everglades NP on December 14, 2011

Pelican (Brown) in Crystal River, FL on February 29, 2012

Pelicans (Brown) in Cedar Key, FL on March 13, 2012

Pelicans (White) in The Villages, FL March 14, 2012

Pelican (White) in Finley, WA June 15, 2012

Phainopepla in Usery Mountain Recreation Area, Mesa, AZ on November 12, 2010

Pig (Wild) in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas in March 2006

Plover (Snowy?) in Lovers Key State Park, Florida on January 16, 2008

Porcupine near Valdez, AK on June 29, 2006

Porcupine in Cape Disappointment State Park, WA on June 21, 2013

Prairie Dogs in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota in August 2003

Prairie Dogs in Custer State Park, South Dakota on October 1, 2006

Prairie Dog in Apache Junction, Arizona on March 17, 2007

Prairie Dogs in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, South Unit on July 29, 2009

Pronghorn in Custer State Park, South Dakota on October 1, 2006

Pronghorn in New Mexico, April 2008

Puffins at Cape Flattery, Washington in July 2005

Puffins by Valdez, Alaska in June 2006

Puffins by Seward, Alaska in July 2006

Purple Gallinule in the Everglades, Florida April 24, 2003

Purple Gallinules in Everglades National Park, January 7, 2006

Purple Gallinule in Everglades National Park January 13, 2006

Purple Gallinule in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008

Purple Gallinule in Everglades NP, December 14, 2011 (with video)

Quail (Gambel's) in Bullhead City, AZ February 4, 2009

Quail (Gambel's) in Usery Mountain Recreation Area, Mesa, AZ November 10, 2010 (plus more other days)

Raccoons on the California Coast in March 2003

Raccoon at Deering Estates in Miami, FL October 27, 2007

Raccoons in Tumwater, WA August 9, 2013

Rabbits in Colorado City, CO April 15, 2008

Rattlesnake in Makoshika State Park by Glendive, MT in August 2003

Rattlesnake (Black Tail) in Tonto Natural Bridge State Park, Arizona in May 2004

Rattlesnake in Kolob Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah in May 2004

Reddish Egret in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas in March 2006

Roadrunner in New Mexico in October 2002 (first time we had seen one)

Roadrunners in Big Bend National Park, Texas in November 2006

Roadrunner in Death Valley National Park on December 13, 2006 (multiple photos)

Roadrunner in Death Valley National Park, California on December 3, 2010

Roadrunner in Tucson, AZ November 14, 2012

Roseate Spoonbills in Merritt Island, Florida December 2005

Roseate Spoonbills in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas in March 2006

Roseate Spoonbills in Merritt Island NWR November 17, 2007

Roseate Spoonbill in Bailey Tract, Sanibel Island, Florida January 11, 2008

Roseate Spoonbills in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008 (multiples)

Roseate Spoonbills in Merritt Island NWR March 5, 2008 (multiples)

Roseate Spoonbills in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 15, 2010 (multiples)

Roseate Spoonbills in Ding Darling NWR January 20, 2010

Roseate Spoonbills in Merritt Island NWR, January 26, 2012

Scrub Jay in Eugene, OR May 2, 2007

Sea birds (various) by Cape Mears State Park, OR June 20, 2007

Sea birds (various) off Cannon Beach, OR June 23, 2007

Sea Lions (California) in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in May 2003

Sea Lion in Gold Beach, OR in September 2004

Sea Lions in Cape Flattery, Washington in July 2005

Sea Lions (Stellar) by Valdez, Alaska in June 2006

Sea Lions (Stellar) by Seward, Alaska in July 2006

Sea Lions on Oregon Jetty of the Columbia River June 19, 2007

Sea Lions on Tillamook Head Lighthouse Island on June 23, 2007

Sea Lions on Oregon Jetty of the Columbia River June 25, 2007

Sea Lions on Oregon Jetty of the Columbia River August 9, 2007

Sea Lions on Oregon Jetty of the Columbia River August 13, 2007

Sea Lions in Cape Arago State Park, Oregon April 17, 2011

Sea Lions by Warrenton, OR July 10, 2011

Sea Lion (California) in Newport, OR June 19, 2012

Sea Otters by Valdez, Alaska in June 2006

Sea Otters by Seward, Alaska in July 2006

Sea Otters in Monterey, CA April 5, 2007

Sea Turtles in Hawaii in November 2001

Seals (Harbor) in Poulsbo, Washington in July 2005 (multiple photos)

Seals (Harbor) by Valdez, Alaska in June 2006

Seals (Harbor) by Seward, Alaska in July 2006

Seals (Harbor) in Monterey, CA April 5, 2007

Seals (Harbor) in Monterey, CA the afternoon of April 5, 2007

Seals (Harbor) in Poulsbo, WA in July 2007 (multiple photos)

Seals (Harbor) in Poulsbo, WA July 26, 2008

Seals (Harbor) in Cape Arago State Park, OR April 17, 2011

Seal (Harbor) in Bandon, OR October 1, 2012

Seals (Elephant) in San Simeon, CA April 2, 2009

Seals (Elephant) in San Simeon, CA March 14, 2011

Shark (Nurse) in Key West, Florida November 3, 2007, November 6, 2007

Shrike (Loggerhead) in Fort Myers Beach, FL December 25, 2009

Shrike (Loggerhead) in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 29, 2010

Skimmers (Black) on Fort Island, FL February 29, 2012

Skimmers (Black) in Lakeland, FL March 9, 2012

Skimmers (Black) in Cedar Key, FL March 13, 2012

Snake (Rat) in Yellowstone National Park, June 19, 2008

Snake (water) in Zion National Park September 28, 2008

Snake (California Kingsnake) in Zion National Park, September 28, 2008

Snake (Common King) at Usery Mountain Recreation Area Nature Center, Mesa, AZ on November 13, 2010

Snowshoe hare in Denali National Park, Alaska July 31, 2006

Sparrow (Grasshopper) in Silver Springs, FL February 28, 2010

Squirrel, Ground in Grand Island, Nebraska September 1, 2007

Squirrel (Columbian Ground) - Glacier National Park July 10, 2008

Squirrel - Zion National Park, September 28, 2008

Squirrel (ground) - Bryce Canyon National Park, September 30, 2008

Squirrel - Zion National Park, October 1, 2008

Squirrel (Antelope Ground) in Usery Mountain Recreation Area, Mesa, AZ on November 14, 2010

Squirrel (Fox) in Wildwood, FL March 18, 2012

Stilts (Black-necked) in Everglades National Park October 17, 2007

Stilts (Black-necked) in Menifee, CA on March 24, 2011

Stone Sheep in Stone Mountain Provincial Park, British Columbia on June 9, 2006

Swan (Mute) in Alpena, MI on September 11, 2009

Swan (Black) in Lakeland, FL March 9, 2012

Swan (Black) in Lakeland, FL March 30, 2012

Tortoise (Gopher) in Clermont, Florida October 2007 (with small video)

Tortoise (Gopher) in Clermont, Florida December 2007

Turkeys (Wild) in Hells Canyon in July 2003

Turkeys in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota in August 2003

Turkeys in Sutherlin, Oregon in September 2004

Turkeys in Ramona, California in January 2005

Turkey in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas in March 2006

Turkey in Oregon House, California in April 2006

Turkeys in Morgan Hill, California in April 2006

Turkey in Morgan Hill, California in April 2007

Turkeys in Great Smoky Mountains National Park April 1, 2008

Turkeys in Santa Barbara, CA March 30, 2009

Turkeys in Morgan Hill, CA April 2009

Turkey in Brookgreen Gardens, SC October 30, 2009

Turkeys in Morgan Hill, CA December 13, 2010

Turtles in Big Pine Key, Florida in December 2003

Turtles in Everglades National Park, January 11, 2006

Turtles in Everglades National Park January 13, 2006

Turtle in Ocala National Forest, Florida on January 23, 2006

Turtles in Rockport, Texas in February 2006

Turtles in Harlingen, Texas in March 2006

Turtles in Big Pine Key October 30, 2007, November 11, 2007

Turtles in Fort Myers Beach, Florida December 2007

Turtle in Bailey Tract, Sanibel Island, Florida January 11, 2008

Turtles in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008

Turtle in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida February 1, 2008

Turtle in Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, FL February 16, 2008

Turtle (Florida Soft shelled) in Merritt Island NWR March 5, 2008

Turtle in Jungle Gardens, Avery Island, Louisiana April 5, 2008

Turtles in Shark Valley, Everglades NP January 15, 2010

Turtles in Bailey Tract of Darling NWR January 20, 2010

Turtles in Juanita (Kirkland), WA May 17, 2012

Turtles in Redding, CA October 13, 2012

Velvet Ant in White Sands National Monument in October 2003 (first time we had seen one)

Vireo (Yellow-throated) in Silver Springs, FL February 14, 2010

Vireo (Yellow-throated) in Silver Springs, FL February 15, 2010

Vireo (Yellow-throated) in Silver Springs, FL February 27, 2010

Vultures (Black) in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, February 2, 2008

Vultures (Black) in Everglades NP, December 14, 2011 (with video)

Whales (killer and humpback but not good photos) on the California Coast in September 2004

Whale (humpback) by Valdez, Alaska in June 2006

Whale (humpback) by Seward, Alaska in July 2006

Whooping Crane in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas in March 2006

Willet in Lovers Key State Park on January 16, 2008

Willow Ptarmigan in Denali National Park, Alaska on July 31, 2006 (multiple photos)

Willow Ptarmigan in Denali National Park on August 1, 2006

Wolves in Denali National Park, Alaska on August 1, 2006, More

Wood Storks in Merritt Island, Florida in December 2005

Wood Storks in Everglades National Park, January 11, 2006

Wood Storks in Everglades National Park January 13, 2006

Wood Storks in Merritt Island NWR November 17, 2007

Wood Stork in Fort Myers Beach, Florida December 2007

Wood Stork in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida January 6, 2008

Wood Stork in Lovers Key State Park, Florida on January 16, 2008

Wood Stork in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008

Wood Stork in Fort Myers Beach, Florida January 26, 2008

Wood Stork in Fort Myers Beach, FL late February 2008

Wood Storks in Shark Valley, Everglades National Park January 15, 2010

Wood Stork in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 21, 2010

Wood Storks in Fort Myers Beach, FL January 23 to 31, 2010

Wood Stork in Port St. Lucie, FL, December 2011

Wood Storks in The Villages, FL March 14, 2012

Woodpecker (Pileated) in Sault Ste Marie, ON in September 2005

Woodpecker (Pileated) in Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve January 29, 2010

Woodpecker (Gila) in Usery Mountain Recreation Area, Mesa, AZ November 10, 2010 (more later in the stay)

Woodpecker (Red-bellied) in Port St. Lucie, FL, January 30, 2012

Woodpecker (Red-bellied) in Port St. Lucie, FL February 16, 2012

Yellowlegs (Greater) in Shark Valley, Everglades NP on January 23, 2008

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