Florida2
We returned to Southern Florida in April 2014 and spent almost three weeks driving to several reserves including visiting, again, The Dry Tortugas.We didn't see as many birds as we did in 2012 but we still had a great time.More in the "News" section. I've included some of the better photos that I took in this gallery.
![Sandhill Crane](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_95_thumb_1.jpg)
Sandhill Crane
![Sandhill Crane](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_96_thumb_1.jpg)
Sandhill Crane
![Our flight to the Dry Tortugas](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_3_thumb.jpg)
Our flight to the Dry Tortugas
![Leaving Key West for the Dry Tortugas](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_4_thumb.jpg)
Leaving Key West for the Dry Tortugas
![Approaching Fort Jefferson on the Dry Tortugas.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_5_thumb.jpg)
Approaching Fort Jefferson on the Dry Tortugas.
![Flying the flag](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_6_thumb.jpg)
Flying the flag
![The ferry from Key West arriving a couple of hours after we arrived](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_2_thumb.jpg)
The ferry from Key West arriving a couple of hours after we arrived
![Arriving at last](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_9_thumb.jpg)
Arriving at last
![The entrance](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_10_thumb.jpg)
The entrance
![The interior of Fort Jefferson.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_11_thumb.jpg)
The interior of Fort Jefferson.
![Antillean Nighthawk](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_14_thumb.jpg)
Antillean Nighthawk
![Antillean Nighthawk](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_15_thumb.jpg)
Antillean Nighthawk
![Prairie Warbler](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_16_thumb.jpg)
Prairie Warbler
![Prairie Warbler](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_17_thumb.jpg)
Prairie Warbler
![Prairie Warbler](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_18_thumb.jpg)
Prairie Warbler
![Brown Pelican](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_27_thumb.jpg)
Brown Pelican
![Brown Pelican](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_28_thumb.jpg)
Brown Pelican
![Brown Pelican](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_29_thumb.jpg)
Brown Pelican
![Female Magnificent Frigatebird](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_30_thumb.jpg)
Female Magnificent Frigatebird
![Merlin](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_13_thumb.jpg)
Merlin
![Bridge on to Sanibel Island and the Ding Darling reserve. Quite an impressive bridge to cross.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_12_thumb.jpg)
Bridge on to Sanibel Island and the Ding Darling reserve. Quite an impressive bridge to cross.
![Snowy Egret with its meal.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_20_thumb.jpg)
Snowy Egret with its meal.
![Snowy Egret preparing the lizard for its meal.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_24_thumb.jpg)
Snowy Egret preparing the lizard for its meal.
![At this time the steely eyed Egret has detached the lizard from its bill and is preparing to swallow it.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_25_thumb.jpg)
At this time the steely eyed Egret has detached the lizard from its bill and is preparing to swallow it.
![The final act as the Egret starts to crush and swallow the lizard.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_26_thumb.jpg)
The final act as the Egret starts to crush and swallow the lizard.
![Great Blue Heron with a seemingly impossible task ahead of it.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_31_thumb.jpg)
Great Blue Heron with a seemingly impossible task ahead of it.
![The Heron has turned the fish round to face me as it prepares for what seems impossible.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_33_thumb.jpg)
The Heron has turned the fish round to face me as it prepares for what seems impossible.
![Heron now changes its grip on the fish.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_34_thumb.jpg)
Heron now changes its grip on the fish.
![Getting ready for a large meal.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_35_thumb.jpg)
Getting ready for a large meal.
![And down it goes! The Heron swallowed the fish whole.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_36_thumb.jpg)
And down it goes! The Heron swallowed the fish whole.
![Osprey](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_41_thumb.jpg)
Osprey
![Young Ospreys waiting (noisily) to be fed.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_43_thumb.jpg)
Young Ospreys waiting (noisily) to be fed.
![Osprey carrying its catch](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_44_thumb.jpg)
Osprey carrying its catch
![Osprey in flight.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_45_thumb.jpg)
Osprey in flight.
![Osprey with its catch.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_37_thumb.jpg)
Osprey with its catch.
![Osprey](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_38_thumb.jpg)
Osprey
![Salt water crocodile](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_102_thumb.jpg)
Salt water crocodile
![Water Moccasin (Cottonmouth) snake.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_98_thumb.jpg)
Water Moccasin (Cottonmouth) snake.
![A pair (parent and offspring or male and female?) of Water Snakes.Non-venomous.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_99_thumb.jpg)
A pair (parent and offspring or male and female?) of Water Snakes.Non-venomous.
![A pair of Water Snakes.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_1001_thumb.jpg)
A pair of Water Snakes.
![Water Snake on the move.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_1011_thumb.jpg)
Water Snake on the move.
![A Raccoon showing interest in something in the water.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_105_thumb.jpg)
A Raccoon showing interest in something in the water.
![Soft shelled turtle preparing a place to lay its eggs.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_104_thumb.jpg)
Soft shelled turtle preparing a place to lay its eggs.
![Found where they were hiding!](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/20140414-_M8D9770_thumb.jpg)
Found where they were hiding!
![A Cricket (or is it a grasshopper?)](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_103_thumb.jpg)
A Cricket (or is it a grasshopper?)
![Least Bittern](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_56_thumb.jpg)
Least Bittern
![Least Bittern](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_58_thumb.jpg)
Least Bittern
![Least Bittern](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_59_thumb.jpg)
Least Bittern
![Least Bittern](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_60_thumb.jpg)
Least Bittern
![Northern (or Baltimore) Oriole (Maryland's state bird).](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_64_thumb.jpg)
Northern (or Baltimore) Oriole (Maryland's state bird).
![Scarlet Tanager in the mulberry bush.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_69_thumb.jpg)
Scarlet Tanager in the mulberry bush.
![Summer Tanager with mulberries.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_71_thumb.jpg)
Summer Tanager with mulberries.
![Rose-breasted Grosbeak enjoying a mulberry.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_65_thumb.jpg)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak enjoying a mulberry.
![Orchard Oriole](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_70_thumb.jpg)
Orchard Oriole
![Female Orchard Oriole](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_801_thumb.jpg)
Female Orchard Oriole
![Black-throated Green Warbler](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_72_thumb.jpg)
Black-throated Green Warbler
![Hooded Warbler](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_73_thumb.jpg)
Hooded Warbler
![Black-and-white Warbler](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_74_thumb.jpg)
Black-and-white Warbler
![Blue-winged Warbler](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_76_thumb.jpg)
Blue-winged Warbler
![Cedar Waxwings](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_77_thumb.jpg)
Cedar Waxwings
![Blue Grosbeak](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_79_thumb.jpg)
Blue Grosbeak
![Great Crested Flycatcher](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_81_thumb.jpg)
Great Crested Flycatcher
![Female Northern Cardinal](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_82_thumb.jpg)
Female Northern Cardinal
![Northern Mockingbird](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_83_thumb.jpg)
Northern Mockingbird
![Female Boat-tailed Grackle](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_84_thumb.jpg)
Female Boat-tailed Grackle
![Boat-tailed Grackle](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_85_thumb.jpg)
Boat-tailed Grackle
![Blue Jay](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_86_thumb.jpg)
Blue Jay
![Florida Scrub-Jay](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_87_thumb.jpg)
Florida Scrub-Jay
![Swallow-tailed Kite.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_94_thumb.jpg)
Swallow-tailed Kite.
![Barred Owl](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_88_thumb.jpg)
Barred Owl
![Barred Owl](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_89_thumb.jpg)
Barred Owl
![Red-shouldered Hawk](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_90_thumb.jpg)
Red-shouldered Hawk
![Red-shouldered Hawk](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_91_thumb.jpg)
Red-shouldered Hawk
![Black Vultures](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_92_thumb_1.jpg)
Black Vultures
![Laughing Gull](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_93_thumb.jpg)
Laughing Gull
![Roseate Spoonbill with Snowy Egret](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_50_thumb.jpg)
Roseate Spoonbill with Snowy Egret
![Black-crowned Night-Heron](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_63_thumb.jpg)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
![Black-crowned Night-Heron hunting small fish](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_62_thumb.jpg)
Black-crowned Night-Heron hunting small fish
![Yellow-crowned Night-Heron](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_49_thumb.jpg)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
![Cattle Egret](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_55_thumb.jpg)
Cattle Egret
![Anhinga shaking off water](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_54_thumb.jpg)
Anhinga shaking off water
![American White Pelicans](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_53_thumb.jpg)
American White Pelicans
![American White Pelicans preening.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_48_thumb.jpg)
American White Pelicans preening.
![Reddish Egret](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_52_thumb.jpg)
Reddish Egret
![Great Blue Heron](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_46_thumb.jpg)
Great Blue Heron
![Great Egret](https://amazon.clikpic.com/prlock/images/_47_thumb.jpg)