10.25.2026 update: I’ve added a variety of photos from a Florida preserve.
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A Great Blue Heron rests near a lake in the Colonial Country Club preserve, Fort Myers, Fla.
A Little Blue Heron hunts for food beside a lake in the preserve in Colonial Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.
A Great Crested Flycatcher perches in the preserve at Colonial Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.
A Gray Catbird perches on the rail of the boardwalk through the preserve in Colonial Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.
A Gray Catbird perches on the rail of the boardwalk through the preserve in Colonial Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.
A Red-shouldered Hawk perches in the preserve in Colonial Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.
A Red-shouldered Hawk perches in the sun in the preserve in Colonial Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.
A Northern Mockingbird perches in the preserve in Colonial Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.
A Northern Mockingbird perches on a palm frond in the preserve in Colonial Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.
A Northern Mockingbird sings in the preserve in Colonial Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.
A Little Blue Heron is reflected in the water as it hunts in the preserve in Colonial Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.
A Great Blue Heron walks in the preserve in Colonial Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.
A Great Blue Heron moves through the preserve in Colonial Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.
A Great Blue Heron stands tall in the preserve in Colonial Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla.