American Alligator                               Alligator mississippiensis

       Myakka River State Park Canopy Walk                      View from Tower

                     Looking Southwest                                  Looking Northwest

                   76.1' Canopy Tower                      85' Walkway through Hammock

            Roving at the Myakka Weir                   Gators at the Myakka Bridge

           Wood Stork Mycteria americana               Snowy Egret Egretta thula

             Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja             Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis

            Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias          Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea

               White Ibis Eudocimus albus                       Great Egret Ardea alba         

            Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura          Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

         Osprey Pandion haliaetus with fish       Florida Cooter Pseudemya concinna floridana   

      Campfire Program - Myakka Log Pavillion     Beginning Birding - Myakka Birdwalk

       Alligator/Crocodile Campfire Program        Raptor Table - Oscar Scherer State Pk

            2009 Audubon Christmas Bird             Myakka River State Park - 8 mile loop

                    Alligator Point                                Baby Alligator - 18 inches

        Crowley Nature Center, Sarasota FL      Crowley Heritage Festival-Myakka Table

      Eastern Coral Snake Micrurus fulvius fulvius                 Buckeye Precis coenia

      Eastern Diamondback Crotalus adamanteus          White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus

     Myakka River State Park Deep Gator Hole       How deep? I won't be checking.

          Class at the Myakka Skull Table.        Have you touched a Great Horned Owl?

        US Fish & Wildlife Panther Refuge         Panther Interp Training - Lisa Ostberg

      Swamp Buggie -Takako Sato Biologist         Fakahatchee Strand headwaters

        Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo osceola           Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopius pileatus

               Imperial Moth Eacles imperialis                     Queen Monarch Danaus gilippus

                         Black Bear Scat                                Saw Palmetto Fruit

                 Florida Panther Scat                        River Cooter Pseudemys nelsoni

           Florida Lubber Schistoricerca americana            Rainbow Scarab Beetle Phanaeus vindex

                  Classroom in the Jungle                  Florida Dragonfly Erythrodiplax umbrata       

       Canoeing in the Panther Refuge Swamp          Ferns, Bromeliads and Orchids

      Larry Richardson, Bioligist, Orchid Talk        Bald Cypress Trees Taxodium distichum

      Night Scented Orchid Epidendrum nocturnum           Clamshell Orchid Encyclia cochleata

             Cigar Orchid Cyrtopodium punctatum                     Wild Coco Orchid Eulophia alta

            Zebra Butterfly Heliconius charitonius                Strap Fern Campyloneurum phyllitidis

        Jeff Carter, Herpetoligist, Naples Zoo         Brooks King Snake Lampropeltis getula

          Panther Refuge Herpetology Class        Southern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix

       Florida Cottnmouth Agkistrodon piscivorous        Canebrake Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

      Eastern Diamondback Crotalus adamanteus           Bob Senior is about 7 years old

                     AG Venture                                        Immokalee, FL

         600 Students Check out Ranger                  Is he real? How did he die?

         How many are left in the wild?             Most people will never see a Panther.     

         What do I do if I see a Panther?           Look big, look mean, yell, never run.

                    Nature Festival                                  Charlotte Harbor, FL

              Save the Florida Panther                        Donate time or money

        Native American & Pioneer Festival             "Who's Skull is This?" Game

          American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus                          Osprey Pandion haliaetus