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A turtle stretches its neck while resting on a log in the Veterans Park Rookery on Okaloosa Island, FL.

Western Sandpiper, Okaloosa Island

Bonaparte's Gull, Okaloosa Island, Water Blur

Bonaparte's Gull, Okaloosa Island

Snowy Egret Above the Turtles, Veterans Park Rookery

Brown Anole Lizard, Climbing the Stalk

Gulf Fritillary Feeding

Great Blue Heron Amongst the Pines

Great Blue Heron, Scratching an Itch, Veterans Park Rookery

Great Blue Heron, Posing, Veterans Park Rookery

Great Blue Heron, Watching for Fish, Veterans Park Rookery

Juvenile Great Blue Heron, Veterans Park Rookery

Great Blue Heron, Veterans Park Rookery, Sleeping

Turtle on a Log, Veterans Park Rookery

Great Blue Heron, Veterans Park Rookery, Watching the Pond

Piping Plover, Feeling the Groove, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover, Ignoring the Gulf, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover, Ignoring the Shell, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover, Who Are You, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover, Resting by a Shell, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover, Watching the Wave, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover, On the Hunt, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover, You Looking At Me, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover, Scratching the Itch, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover, Standing Tall, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover, Almost Bedding, Okaloosa Island

Brown Pelican Skimming the Waves, Okaloosa Island

Brown Pelican Sailing, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover Pair, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover Bedding, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover, Nearly Asleep, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover Resting, Okaloosa Island

Piping Plover Chilling, Okaloosa Island

Brown Pelican at Lake Lorraine at Sunset

Brown Pelican Staring at Lake Lorraine at Sunset

Horned Grebe Staring Me Down

Brown Pelican Soaring, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Brown Pelicans Soaring Over Apalachee Bay

Belted Kingfisher, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Watchful

Great Blue Heron, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Sleeping

Great Blue Heron, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Amongst the Grass

Great Blue Heron, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Looking

Great Blue Heron, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, An Island Alone

Great Blue Heron Scowling, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Amongst the Grass

Great Egret in Puddin Head Lake

Great Egret in Puddin Head Lake Amongst the Grasses

Eastern Gray Squirrel in Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park

Dragonfly, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Curved Grass

Dragonfly, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Staring

Northern Mockingbird, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Hot

Great Egret, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, In The Reeds

Little Blue Heron, Wakulla River, Fishing

Song Sparrow, Brody Pond Nature Preserve

Ring-necked Duck, Amongst the Branches

Ring-necked Duck, Like Water Off the Back

Hooded Mergansers, Winter Day

American Coot, Amongst the Branches

Mallard, Lonely

White-crowned Sparrow, Brody Pond Nature Preserve

Bison Resting at Black Dragon's Caldron

Ground Squirrel, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone

Sunset over Black Warrior Lake Boardwalk, AI Bison

Mallard, Resting

Green-winged Teal, Cruising the Reeds

Killdeer, Hiding in Plain Sight

Summer on the Beach in Bayshore

Dark-eyed Junco, Puffy

Black-capped Chickadee, Spring Branch

American Robin Amongst the Branches

Hooded Merganser, Wet Head

Hooded Mergansers, Together

Red-winged Blackbird on Cattail, Wetlands

Great Blue Heron, Spearing Dinner

Great Blue Heron, Hunting

Black-capped Chickadee, Singing

Red-winged Blackbird, Stump in Water

Great Blue Heron, Stately Gaze

Great Blue Heron, Finish Line

Great Blue Heron, Wading in the Wetlands

American Robin, Enjoying the Moss

Glaucous-winged Gull, Enjoying the Sun

Northern Flicker, Wistful

Great Blue Heron, Are You Looking at Me

Great Blue Heron, Walking Tall

Great Blue Heron, Deep Wade

Great Blue Heron, Just a Snack

Bufflehead below the Netted Iris

Mallard, Discovery Park Pond

Ring-necked Ducks Pair, Lowlands Farm

Ring-necked Ducks Pair, Look Both Ways, Lowlands Farm

Red-Winged Blackbird Singing, Lowlands Farm

Red-Winged Blackbird, Lowlands Farm

Red-winged Blackbird Perched, Lowlands Farm

Red-winged Blackbird Singing, Lowlands Farm

Red-winged Blackbird on Cattail, Lowlands Farm

Hummingbird, Between the Feeds

Red Tail Hawk, Lowell Riverfront Trail

Red Tail Hawk, Cold Shoulder, Lowell Riverfront Trail

Flower Crab Spider Upside Down on a Black-eyed Susan

Flower Crab Spider Crouching on a Black-eyed Susan

Flower Crab Spider Waiting on a Black-eyed Susan

Flower Crab Spider on a White Daisy

Tiger Over Waterfall, Point Defiance Zoo

Josie at the Sauk River Bridge

White Fawn, Moran State Park, Orcas Island

Seal at Cape Lookout

Seal at Cape Lookout, Resting

Spider on Berry Bush

Flower Crab Spider, Hiding

Flower Crab Spider, Partial Hiding

Flower Crab Spider, Spooked

Flower Crab Spider, Guarding the Web

Ladybird Beetle Hunting on Lupine

Ladybird Beetle Hiding on Lupine Flower

Ladybird Beetle in the Grass

Turtle at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau

Sandpiper Leaving

Sandpiper Feeding

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Author: Randal R. Ketchem

Photo ID: d20230531172406

Description: A turtle stretches its neck while resting on a log in the Veterans Park Rookery on Okaloosa Island, FL.

Created on: Wednesday 31 May 2023

Posted on: Thursday 1 June 2023

Tags: color, FL, Florida, Okaloosa Island, turtle, Veterans Park Rookery, wildlife

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