esalewski's Identifications

I found this while wading through the water. I quickly took this pictures and returned it back to where it was before I took it out of the water. Its striped shell with shades of orange, red and brown was about 4 inches from the tip of the shell to the base.
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2010/06/creature-feature-lightning-whelk-knows-what-do-clam6058

I saw this while walking on a pier in a eco-preserve. It was feeding on small fish for about 5-10 minutes before flying away. It has a grey/blue body, black and white head, and bright yellow legs. It was about 2 feet tall.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-crowned_Night-Heron/overview

This lizard was found on the side of a home. This lizard is all green. It has a darker colored snout and feet. Its feet have five "toes". Its tail is also very long; about the same size as its body.
Reference: “Anoles.” Anoles - Gardening Solutions - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. (1 June 2020; gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/design/gardening-with-wildlife/anoles.html)
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This organism was observed in an Eco-Preserve near the base of the tree. The flat, white colored mushrooms are stacked up on top of each other, slowly growing up the tree. I used a website called mushroom-appreciation.com to help identify if this truly was an oyster mushroom.

It looks like this bird is a little blue Heron. The bird was found in a residential area near a small wetland. It has a blueish body with long legs, long neck, and long beak. The Little Blue Heron is a stand-and-wait predator, rather than a frenetic, dashing-about predator (Allaboutbirds). The herons breed in the Gulf states of the U.S. They are also found in South America. They prefer freshwater swamps and lagoons in the South; coastal thickets on islands in the North.

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Muscovy Duck is known for its red warty-face and green/blue feathers on its back. The Muscovy duck shown in this observation is an adult male due to its large stature and and a short nape at the tip of his bill. The Muscovy duck is a tropical bird and is typically found on the northern coast of South America, Mexico, and the southern part of the United States. They are found in warm aquatic environments such as lakes, rivers, and springs.

This is the White Ibis bird. This bird has a long orange-pink beak with a slight curve, long orange-pink legs, and a long white neck. It was found in a pond in a residential neighborhood. The body of the bird is an oval shaped with white coloring, and it has black coloring towards the edge of the wings. According to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission website, the diet for this bird mainly consists of insects, fish, and crustaceans; as well as, they are mostly found in coastal environments and wetlands. White Ibis birds are widely distributed throughout all of Florida.

References

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/birds/waterbirds/white-ibis/

Florida Ornithological Society
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White_Ibis/id

This is a heron, which comes from the family Ardea. Its light grey coloration and dark stripe on its head leads me to believe it is a Great Blue Heron. In addition to its coloration, the long neck and plume-like feathers are indicative that it belongs to this family.

Reference: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron/id

Habitat Found: Wetland/Lake Edge

Known Distribution: Throughout most of North America, most common in Florida, Mexico, and the Caribbean during the winter.

This is some species of pipefish, which is an animal, and a deuterstome. I found the pipefish while doing fieldwork hanging off of a red mangrove close to a tidal wetland. The weather was overcast and rainy, ~89F, slight breeze. I think it is a pipefish due to its behavior in the water as it swam, it’s slender, compressed body, and narrow head. I would like to know the species. Please help identify!

This woodpecker can be seen pecking at the wood of a palm tree. It has a red head that is pointed at the end. It also has a black body and has a black line across on its eye. Its beak is also black. The rest of the head is white and continues down on to the neck a bit. Its size was also around a foot.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pileated_Woodpecker/overview

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