Florida: Snail Kites and more, Goodwin Marsh

[cpwm17]

Yesterday I visited Goodwin Marsh in east-central Florida. I wanted to take pictures of the Snail Kites that are easy to see there now. They move locations from year to year and Goodwin Marsh has them easy to see at close range this year.

http://floridabirdingtrail.com/index.php/trip/trail/T._M._Goodwin_Waterfowl_Management_Area/

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/27.8284024,-80.7080426/27.8227681,-80.6072226/@27.8302849,-80.7073105,3998m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en

Most of the Snail Kites are immature birds:

Snail Kite
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Snail Kite
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Snail Kite, adult male
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Snail Kite
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Snail Kite
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Red-shouldered Hawk
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Roseate Spoonbill
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Osprey
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Northern Cardinal, he looks wet
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Great Blue Heron
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Limpkin, were abundant
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Black-bellied Whistling Duck
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Anhinga
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Swallow-tailed Kite
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Snail Kite
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Snail Kite
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Snail Kite
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Snail Kite
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Snail Kite, the right bird is immature male
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Snail Kite
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Snail Kite, I think close to mature female
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Snail Kite
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Snail Kite, adult male
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Snail Kite, almost muture male
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[dbackjon]

1. Great pics!