Dolphins

Miami Seaquarium

Dolphin love

Common bottlenose dolphin, (Tursiops truncatus)
Miami Seaquarium
May 9, 2014

Dolphin transport

Common bottlenose dolphin, (Tursiops truncatus)
Miami Seaquarium
May 9, 2014
Photo credit: Perle Siegel

When dragonflies are happy

Green Cay
April 25, 2014

Female cormorant

Cormorant
Green Cay
April 25, 2014

Cormorant and Bob

Cormorant
Green Cay
April 25, 2014
Photo credit: Perle Siegel

Cootling

Coot
Green Cay
April 25, 2014

Wakodahatchee

Turtle

Wakodahatchee
July 11, 2014

Tricolor heron

Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor)
Wakodahatchee
July 11, 2014

Tricolor heron

Wakodahatchee
July 11, 2014

Heron

Wakodahatchee
July 11, 2014

Wood stork in flight

Wakodahatchee
July 11, 2014

Incoming

Wakodahatchee
July 11, 2014

Landing gear down

Wakodahatchee
July 11, 2014

Four nested wood storks

Wakodahatchee
July 11, 2014

Fish nest

Wakodahatchee
July 11, 2014

Classic Everglades

Shark Valley, Everglades
April 26, 2014

Babe in the grass

Shark Valley, Everglades
April 26, 2014

When alligators have buck teeth

Shark Valley, Everglades
April 26, 2014

The head anhinga

Anhinga
Shark Valley, Everglades
April 26, 2014

When anhingas play stick

Anhinga
Shark Valley, Everglades
April 26, 2014

This anhinga would repeated through sticks into the air and try to catch them.
It was as if she was trying to practice her skills.
In particular, anhinga will spear fish and then toss them in the air so they can swallow them in the right orientation.

Baby heron

Baby heron
Shark Valley, Everglades
April 26, 2014

Beach

The Veep's weed

Bidens pilosa
Family: Asteraceae Hollywood Beach
May 10, 2014

This common Florida weed is one of many that now reminds me of my childhood.
It took some effort to track down the name, but even after I did, neither the binomial nor any of the many common names (eg Beggar's tick) sounded the least bit familiar to me.
Judging from the pictures, this may actually be Bidens pilosa var. radiata.

Grass

Egyptian crowfoot grass (Dactyloctenium aegyptium)
Hollywood Beach
May 10, 2014

This is another example. In this case (and presumably many others) despite my association with Florida, this is actually an invasive - from Africa.

Coral

Hollywood Beach
May 10, 2014

Shell

Hollywood Beach
May 10, 2014

Sand

Hollywood Beach
May 10, 2014

Crab shell

Hollywood Beach
May 10, 2014

Crab shell close

Hollywood Beach
May 10, 2014

Seaweed

Hollywood Beach
May 10, 2014

Testing the water

Hollywood Beach
May 10, 2014

Fort Lauderdale beach

From the air
May 10, 2014

River Walk

Inn sanity

River walk
Fort Lauderdale
July, 2014

Drawn to inns-anity

Intracoastal waterway bridge
River walk
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
July 13, 2014
Canon rebel T5i

cf: Bridges

Call it a draw

Intracoastal waterway bridge
Hollywood, Florida
July 12, 2014
Canon 5D Mark II

cf: Bridges

Bob draws to an open

Intracoastal waterway bridge
Hollywood, Florida
July 12, 2014
Canon 5D Mark II

cf: Bridges

cf: Bridges

Iguana confronted

Iguana
River walk, Fort Lauderdale
July, 2014

Dewlap pride

Iguana
River walk, Fort Lauderdale
July, 2014

Spinal progression

Iguana
River walk, Fort Lauderdale
July, 2014

Spiral fossil

Science museum
Fort Lauderdale
July, 2014

Holland Park

Jerry and Efnide

July, 2014

Intracoastal waterway

July, 2014

Burrowing owls

Unburrowed

Burrowing owl
Chaminade
2014

Later that same year...

Burrowing owl
Chaminade
July 13, 2014

Outstanding in his field

Burrowing owl
Chaminade
July 13, 2014

Burr-owl

Burrowing owl
Chaminade
Hollywood, Florida
July 13, 2014
Canon 5D markII

At home

GSS chaired

May, 2014

Supermom

May 10, 2014

Efnide and Bob

May, 2014

True to his name

Little Bahama curly-tailed lizard
Leiocephalus carinatus armouri
May, 2014

Posed poised

Little Bahama curly-tailed lizard
Leiocephalus carinatus armouri
May, 2014

Lizard head

Little Bahama curly-tailed lizard
Leiocephalus carinatus armouri
May, 2014

When tokays are happy

Tokay
May, 2014

The new guy

July, 2014

Closer

July, 2014

Geckoed

July, 2014

Hey! You mockin' me?

July, 2014

Bougainvillea

May, 2014

Stone crabs

Hollywood
May 9, 2014
from, Delaware Market

Golfcrest

Jerry's 85th

Birthday cake

Jerry's birthday cake
July 10, 2014
Golfcrest

Blowing out the candles

July 10, 2014
Golfcrest

Cake adorned

Jerry's birthday cake
July 10, 2014
Golfcrest

Jerry, Bob, Perle, and Charles

July 15, 2014
Golfcrest

Jerry and Bob

July 15, 2014
Golfcrest

Cousins

Cousins

Sam and Bobby Schwartzman, Charles and me
July, 2014

En route

Lone baobab

Broward International
May 7, 2014
En route from airport

Clouds

En route from Cartagena to Gort Lauderdale
May 7, 2014
En route from airport

Part 1 - April 24-27, 2014
Part 2 - May 7-10, 2014
Part 3 - July 9-15, 2014

Part 1 itinerary: April 24 - 27, 2014

April 24, 2014 - Arrive in Fort Lauderdale nonstop

Met by parents and drive to Hollywood

Dinner at home

April 25, 2014 - Hollywood

Lox and bagels at the Ps

Outing with Perle - Green Cay, Wakodatchee, Fish Market on the way home

Stone crabs at home

Chaminade with Jerry to photograph burrowing owls

Photograph tokay on the house

April 26, 2014 - Hollywood

Breakfast at the Ps

Shark Valley with the Ps and Efnide

April 27, 2014 - Hollywood to Colombia

Breakfast at the Ps

Perle drove me to the airport

Part 2 itinerary: May 7-10, 2014

May 7, 2014

Arrive from Cartagena, Spirit Airlines

Picked up by Perle

Delicatessen for dinner at Ps

Work on / send off student recommendation

May 8, 2014

Gym with Perle, Jerry, and Efnide

Bears - the movie with Perle, Jerry, and Efnide

Photograph owls

Visit the Pittells

Dinner at home

May 9, 2014

Breakfast at the Ps

Miami Seaquarium with Perle

Swim with dolphins

Lunch at the Seaquarium

Stone crabs

GSS fell in the evening and broke three ribs

May 10, 2014

Breakfast at parents

Starbucks then over to Sheridan beach with Perle

Perle drove me to the Fort Lauderdale airport while a neighbor stayed with GSS

United to SFO

Part 3 itinerary: July 9 - 15, 2014

July 9, 2014

Arrive from San Francisco (SFO) - Jet Blue

Picked up by Perle

July 10, 2014

Lox and bagels with Perle

Birthday party for Jerry at Golfcrest - he was extremely doped up

Visit Magestic Memory Care facility with Perle

Visit Peninsula Memory Care facility with Perle - tour by Claudia Chacon

Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner with Perle

July 11, 2014

Lox and bagels with Perle

Go with Perle to Bascom-Palmer Fort Lauderdale for her cataract pre-op appointment

Visit Memory Care Facility in Margate - tour by Stacy

Wakodahatchee - water snake, raccoon, wood storks, alligator, lots of turtles

Dinner with Perle and Buddy at Sake: Thai and Sushi Bar

Drive to Sheridan beach with Perle and Buddy to try and see supermoon

Buddy's house

July 12, 2014

Lox and bagels with Perle

Visit Jerry at Golf Crest with Perle

Exercise with Perle at her gym

Second visit to see Jerry at Golf Crest

Drive over to Holland Park with Jerry and Efnide

Home for dinner

Drive to Hollywoon beach with Perle to try and see supermoon

Bridge up

Glasses fell out of my pocket and got smashed up and run over

July 13, 2014

Lox and bagels with Perle

Visit Jerry at Golfcrest

River walk - iguana, shrimp plants

Lemur IMax at museum

Burrowing owls at Chaminade High School

Dinner with Sam and Bobby Schwartzman at Bahama Breeze Island Grill Restaurant

July 14, 2014

Lox and bagels with Perle

Visit VIP care

Take wheel chair in to be repaired

Visit GSS - he was pretty doped up

Dinner at home