At Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida, we hiked 4 hours around the marshes looking for alligators (alligators coming next week!). Adding in our stops and photography, we spent 5-6 hours each day we were in the wetlands.
It was hard not to stop and watch everything, like this bird, who cleverly extracted a snail from the shell. (Om, nom nom…snail!)
Can you name the bird? Comment below with your guess.
Right or wrong, any guess enters you to win.
Two winners:
One of you will win Toucan Nest, a beautiful book of poems I’m currently reading, inspired by the Costa Rican Rainforest. This hardcover is signed for you by the author, Peggy Shumaker!
The second winner gets a candy bar which promotes the book!
Deadline: tomorrow (Saturday) 5pm.
Love, Marla
P.S. Have you seen this bird in the wild?
I think it’s a Limpkin. I don’t know the name of the snail. I can’t say if I’ve seen this bird in person or not. GJ and I used to do a lot of day trips and hikes in Florida… this could’ve part of the wildlife we saw, but I can’t say for sure.
My birdie guess is a Whimbrel…and if I’m right, please pass the candy bar on – this is Day 109 Sugar-Free!!
Limpkin? You should check out one of my fb friends: https://www.facebook.com/fkwbc.floridakeyswildbirdcenter?fref=ts It is an awesome small bird rescue sanctuary in the upper keys, Islamorada, I think. I think I might have seen one there.
Also if I were to hazzard a guess, I’d say it waz holding a small apple snail, just a guess, hard to tell. b.t.w. I’d name it “entree” đŸ˜‰
“An apple snail a day, keeps the endangered species list away”!!
I’d like to call him “Larry” . not Larry the Jeep, “Larry the Limpkin”!