Red Snapper mouth

red snapper mouth, originally uploaded by Junior Naturalist.

Red Snapper caught off Madeira Beach on a charter boat.

Pelican diving for fish scraps

pelican diving for fish scraps, originally uploaded by Junior Naturalist.

Brown Pelican diving for fish scraps near the fish cleaning station.

San Carlos Island, FL

Osprey nest

osprey nest, originally uploaded by Junior Naturalist.

Osprey nest with parents and juvenile birds. Near Captiva Island, FL.

Lightning Whelk

lightning whelk, originally uploaded by Junior Naturalist.

Live Lightning Whelk found on the grass flats near Sanibel Island.

Shark

shark - off Sanibel, originally uploaded by Junior Naturalist.

Small shark caught off of the Sanibel Lighthouse. It's likely some type of sand shark or dogfish because of the teeth.

Anhinga

snake bird - estero bay, originally uploaded by Junior Naturalist.

An Anhinga, also called a Snake Bird because of it's long, thin neck. Perched in a Mangrove tree in Estero Bay.

Note how blue it's eye is!

Sea urchin

sea urchin, originally uploaded by Junior Naturalist.

Pulled this Sea urchin growing on an old Pen shell up while fishing off the Sanibel Lighthouse. The shell was encrusted with barnacles and some form of thin orange coral.