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Dog Walk – January 1, 2014

Happy New Year! I’m back home and went on the first dog walk of the year. Turned out to be iguana day. Counted over eight in one spot.

 

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An iguanas looks for food on the edge of a canal.

 

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Two iguanas look over the edge of the canal.

 

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Big iguana displays its dewlap.

 

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Big iguana sunning in a mangrove tree.

 

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A Turkey Vulture flies by.

Dog Walk – Dec. 3, 2013

Today’s dog walk was fun and some of our usual friends were out. The Green Heron was searching for bugs to eat. Then Pixel decided we needed to go a couple blocks further than normal, which took us past a neighbor’s yard full of wonderful lush, green plants.

 

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A bee flies near a Bottle Brush tree.

 

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An iguana swims across the tidal canal.

 

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A Green Heron eats a bug.

 

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Two iguanas face off on a branch of a Mangrove tree.

 

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Detail of a cut palm tree trunk

 

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Detail of a palm frond

 

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A Jaguar hood ornament escapes its car cover.

 

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The sun shines through palm fronds.

 

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Orchids blooming

 

Dog Walk Wednesday

Another day, another dog walk. Up early in time for some beautiful light this morning.

 

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A large Iguana, right, seems to be talking to a smaller Iguana sharing the same branch today.

 

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Good morning

 

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WeeGee was the one to find a feather on our walk.

 

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Pixel

A day in Key West

Took a day trip to Key West this week. Mangrove leaves at sunset on Middle Torch Key, Fla.