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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:

Wakodahatchee Wetlands is on 50 acres of unused utility land and transformed into a recreation wetlands open to the public in Delray Beach, Florida
Green Cay Wetlands comprised of a man-made 100-acre wetlands & 1.5-mile boardwalk in Boynton Beach, FL
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

Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

Photo by Lee Smith

Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach, Florida

Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge - 0869_70_71 — Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge – 0869_70_71

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