Day 283, January 29, 2013 (Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach County, FL): The Palm Beach County government created a water impoundment that became the Wakodahatchee Wetlands. The wetlands have become their own ecosystem supported by plant life that has attracted numerous species of birds and reptiles. Here are a few of our sightings.

Anhinga mating plummage

‘Gator snoozing

 Woodstork beating the weeds for grub

Mom and one of the kids

 Purple gallinule (colorful chicken)

Go ahead! Take my picture.

This guy is a pest and foreign species. It eats everything in sight.

Moorhen (another kind of chicken)

Anhinga collecting nesting material

Can you see the ‘gator?

Great blue heron feeding the kids

Great blue heron tired of feeding the kids

It’s mine! No … it’s mine!