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We visited both Sanibel and Captiva Islands today, the two low lying islands being connected by a short causeway. Sanibel is home to the Ding Darling Nature Reserve, where a wide variety of birds can be seen due to the abundance of fish and mollusks found in the shallow flats, the main source of food for most of the birds in this area. We saw a great variety, both indigenous and migratory northern birds who spend the winter in the south. We drove through the Reserve in the morning, had lunch on Captiva Island, and returned to the Reserve in the afternoon for a tour with a well informed ranger from the Park Service.

Black Bellied Plover

Sports a dramatic black belly just before migrating to nest in the high arctic tundra.
Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 12:52 PMViews: 13

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Flora

Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 12:52 PMViews: 12

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Black Bellied Plover

Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 12:53 PMViews: 12

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Little Blue Heron

Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 12:57 PMViews: 12

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Little Blue Heron

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American White Pelicans

Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 12:59 PMViews: 12

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Lunch at the Mucky Duck Pub on Captiva Island

Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 01:41 PMViews: 17

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Lunch at the Mucky Duck Pub on Captiva Island

Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 01:07 PMViews: 14

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Lunch at the Mucky Duck Pub on Captiva Island

Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 01:39 PMViews: 15

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J.N. Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge HQ

The J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in southwestern Florida, on Sanibel Island in the Gulf of Mexico. It is named for the cartoonist Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling. The 5200 acre (21 km2) refuge was established in 1976, to protect one of the country's largest undeveloped mangrove ecosystems. The refuge is well known for its migratory bird populations. Hurricane Charley struck the refuge on August 13, 2004, causing major changes to the topography and ecology. The J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge Complex consists of the following: the Darling Refuge itself, and the Caloosahatchee, Island Bay, Matlacha, and Pine Island National Wildlife Refuges.The northern section of the refuge is in the J.N. Ding Darling Wilderness Area, which was created in 1976 and currently protects 2,619 acres (1,060 ha) or 41% of the refuge
Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 02:59 PMViews: 12

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J.N. Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge HQ

Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 03:02 PMViews: 12

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American White Pelicans

Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 03:37 PMViews: 12

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Sandbar flats at Ding Darling WIldlife Refuge. A favorite feeding area for wading and shore birds.

Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 03:37 PMViews: 12

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Great Blue Heron

Solitary, stately. The so called sovereign of the wading birds
Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 03:38 PMViews: 12

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An Osprey wading.

Capture Date: Feb 5, 2014 03:38 PMViews: 12

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