sawgrass catching up part 1 « verdure
sawgrass catching up part 1
Saturday, September 24th, 2011

This is from the end of July. A black and yellow garden spider. This one is missing two legs. We watched another one laying down its zigzag pattern on its web.

6 legged

I’m not sure the name of this spider. It was deconstructing its web.

tear down

A green tree frog, scootching backwards along the elephant ear leaf.

scootch

Another of the sulphurs, perhaps an orange-barred

orange barred

This little snake was on the path along the canal, playing dead. We’re not sure what species it is either. My guess is a southern water snake, but juveniles often look different than the adults, so it could be anything. When you read the species guides, they often differentiate using the underside markings, but that’s of little use to me with a wild animal. They don’t exactly turn over for you just so you can take a picture.

stttthhhfffft

A roseate skimmer. We see them flying over the drainage pond behind the townhome, but I haven’t seen them land out back.

pink

An osprey, feathers ruffled, huge talons.

fish hawk

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