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Florida herping pics

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I just got back from a few days in Florida for a family reunion and found some time to do some herping within Orlando where my parents live and Merritt Island where my Grandmother lives. These first pics are from Orlando and verious lakes and ponds
Sunset
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Sunrise
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Great blue Herons
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River otter
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Ibis
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Wood pecker
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Dragon fly
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And the rest of th pics are from Merritt Island
3 Stripe mud
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Florida softshell
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softyhead.jpg

I watched this one lay a clutch of eggs :DD
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Brown Anole
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Alligators
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Leopard frog
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Gopher tortoise
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Cooter not sure which species most likely a pennisula or Florida red belly
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Grey squirrel
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Caught these guys in the small ditch behind me within 50 feet of each other
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Upclose of the RES
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And one of the Florida Snapper
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Thise guy got atleast one story worth tell with battle wounds like these
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amd my 2 favorite pic
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Man.What a great trip you had.Very nice.Love the softshells.And the snappers awsome.
 
Awesome pictures, but what are you doing catching snappers? Here in minnesota we can't.......can you in Florida? We have way too many..during laying season they are all over and crossing the roads....But anyways....those were some really great pictures.....
 
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