Wild South Florida

06/15/2026

Do not touch! This is poisonwood, a member of the same family as poison ivy, poison sumac and poison oak and features the the same skin irritating compound, oleoresin urushiol. The berries, however, are a popular food for birds, including the rare white-crowned pigeon. For more information on poisonwood, check out our page: https://wildsouthflorida.com/poisonwood.html

06/14/2026

What's for dinner? Fish of course! An anhinga prepares to down his catch head first of course. Otherwise the dorsal fin will catch in this throat. It's quite the process for these birds to maneuver their catch to position it so they can swallow it whole. It can take several minutes and multiple flips. Find out more about anhingas here: https://www.wildsouthflorida.com/anhinga.html

06/12/2026

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06/11/2026

Why they call 'em wood ducks: A female wood duck sitting on her nest in the stump of a cabbage palm. For more on wood ducks, check out our page. https://wildsouthflorida.com/wood.duck.htm Photographed at Green Cay Nature Center in Boynton Beach https://www.wildsouthflorida.com/green.cay.nature.center.html

06/11/2026

Weird and beautiful, a roseate spoonbill at Green Cay Nature Center in Boynton Beach. For more on spoonies, check out our page: https://www.wildsouthflorida.com/roseate.spoonbill.html

05/31/2026

Mother and child ... wood storks at Wakodahatchee Wetlands.

04/08/2026

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A foraging black-crowned night heron

01/17/2026

An American crocodile, Everglades National Park. If you look closely, you'll see bits of red between his teeth and on his snout. Probably just had lunch.