Snail Kite – Palm Beach

A Snail Kite flying overhead at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Palm Beach

A Snail Kite flying overhead at Loxahatchee in Palm Beach
Snail Kite – LSMITH_3337

South Florida Wildlife

Photos by Lee Smith

I visited a few locations the other day to photograph the wildlife and scenery of the area:

  1. Wakodahatchee Wetlands is on 50 acres of unused utility land and transformed into a recreation wetlands open to the public in Delray Beach, Florida
  2. Green Cay Wetlands comprised of a man-made 100-acre wetlands & 1.5-mile boardwalk in Boynton Beach, FL
  3. Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge – a 147,392-acre wildlife sanctuary is located west of Boynton Beach, FL

These are but a small collection of images I captured from those areas…

Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - 3355
Gulf Fritillary Butterfly – Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge – 3355
Cattle egret - Wakodahatchee Wetlands - 3080
Cattle egret – Wakodahatchee Wetlands – 3080
Cattle Egret - Wakodahatchee Wetlands - 3084
Cattle Egret – Wakodahatchee Wetlands – 3084
Great Blue Heron - Wakodahatchee Wetlands - 3163
Great Blue Heron – Wakodahatchee Wetlands – 3163
Wakodahatchee Wetlands - Least Bittern - 3175
Wakodahatchee Wetlands – Least Bittern – 3175
Tricolor Heron - Wakodahatchee Wetlands - 3181
Tricolor Heron – Wakodahatchee Wetlands – 3181
Anihingas - Wakodahatchee Wetlands - 3198
Anihingas – Wakodahatchee Wetlands – 3198
Green Cay Wetlands - 3208
Green Cay Wetlands – 3208
Pickerel weed with bee - Green Cay Wetlands - 3263 - Pontederia is an aquatic plant, otherwise commonly known as pickerel weeds
Pickerel weed with bee – Green Cay Wetlands – 3263
Pickerel weed with bee - Green Cay Wetlands - 3264
Pickerel weed with bee – Green Cay Wetlands – 3264
Pickerel weed with bee - Green Cay Wetlands - 3266
Pickerel weed with bee – Green Cay Wetlands – 3266
Dragonfly - Green Cay Wetlands - 3269
Dragonfly – Green Cay Wetlands – 3269
Anhinga - Green Cay Wetlands - 3281 - The anhinga, sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, secret crow, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas
Anhinga – Green Cay Wetlands – 3281
Peacock Butterfly - Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - 3329
Peacock Butterfly – Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge – 3329
Swallow-tailed kite - Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - 3340
Swallow-tailed kite – Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge – 3340
Swallow-tailed kite - Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - 3342
Swallow-tailed kite – Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge – 3342
Water Lily - Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - 3348
Water Lily – Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge – 3348

Photographing the South Florida Wildlife of Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Green Cay Wetlands, and Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Moon set over South Florida

Photo by Lee Smith
The moon was setting over South Florida Everglades – Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. The air was still, te water was calm and the sound of birds waking was all around us.

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The Moon Set Over Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - South Florida - 9051
The Moon Set Over South Florida – 9051

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