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  • Palamedes swallowtail on a thistle in the Okaloacoochee Slough in South-Central Florida, Hendry County.
    Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palam..des)
  • Palamedes swallowtail on a thistle in the Okaloacoochee Slough in South-Central Florida, Hendry County.
    Palamedes Swallowtail
  • Palamedes swallowtail fully spread to show its beautifully patterned wings deep in Central Florida's remote Okaloacoochee Slough, which is sort of a no-man's land between Lake Okeechobee and the Florida Everglades.
    Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palam..des)
  • While this species (Grus canadensis) not listed as a threatened or endangered species, the non-migratory Florida subspecies (Grus canadensis pratensis) of sandhill crane is. Numbering at around 5000 remaining individuals, they are thriving in the places where they are least likely to come into contact with humans.
    Florida Sandhill Crane
  • The large Palamedes swallowtail is perhaps the most common of the swallowtails found in SW Florida.
    Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palam..des)
  • Caracara seen in Hendry County, , Florida on the side of the road. It was defending its meal - half a rabbit - from two turkey vultures.
    Crested Caracara
  • Deep in the remote wilderness between the Florida Everglades and Lake Okeechobee in South Florida there is a wildly disturbed area, that once was part of the  great Everglades watershed system, but now is mostly drained from human activity, water management, and citrus and sugarcane farming leaving behind a vast tangle of dry wilderness where there are few people, roads or even access (for the faint of heart). One part of this vast landscape that still does carry water south is the Okaloacoochee Slough. In pockets of this region, you can still find survivors hanging on for dear life, such as this northern needleleaf bromeliad, which was found way off the highway in a rare dome of bald cypress trees. This was the first time I'd ever seen one so far north, and it looked healthy and ready to bloom!
    Northern Needleleaf (Tillandsia balb..ana)