#dingdarlingwildliferefuge

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"If you think I am flirting with you, I am just being friendly. If you think I am weird, and I make you uncomfortable, then I am probably flirting with you."

(An American white pelican at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

[mariasavidismarkatos]

Pretty in Pink

The Roseate Spoonbill with its bright pink plumage has to be one of the most beautiful birds, it is certainly one of my favorites. J.N,"Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, 2018

To see more photographs of Wading birds pleas visit: https://photographybymariasavidis.com/Animals-Birds-Wading-Ibis-Stork.html.

To see more photographs of the Roseate Spoonbill or to purchase this one, please go to:

https://www.smugmug.com/app/organize/Animals/Birds/Wading-Birds-Egret-Heron/Ibis-Collection/Roseate-Spoonbill/i-PdmMfwh 

[lizj]

The troublemaker 🙃 My last pictures and visit 9/24/22 to J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge for a while 😢 I will be counting the days til I see you again! #reddishegret #greategret #greatblueheron #dingdarlingwildliferefuge #dingdarlingwildlifesociety #dingdarlingnwr #sanibelisland #sanibelislandflorida (at J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjV_rxOPwbU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lwlittrell]

@dingdarlingwildlifesociety @sanibel.island @visitswflorida @gulfshorelifemagazine @fl_wildcorridor @florida_greatshots @fl.stateparks @flphotographers @floridalivingpictures #johndingdarling #dingdarlingwildliferefuge #birdsofflorida #birdsofinstagram #birding #birdinginflorida (at Ding Darling National Reserves) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_KfALmll04/?igshid=kxlpg4la11un

[lyssssi]

[littlebitsworkshop]

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron and a juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron #dingdarlingwildliferefuge #sanibelisland #florida (at Ding Darling National Reserves) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6S1eXZB9RZ/?igshid=aure21wicb5x

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"I meant to behave, but there were too many other options!" (An anhinga at the Venice Florida rookery)

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"If you thought you hated homework as a child, trust me, you'll hate it more as a parent!"

(A bowl of roseate spoonbills at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

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"My spouse and I have taken two photos together over the last five years. Meanwhile, we have ninety-three photos since last week of the dog sleeping"

(A snowy egret at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

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"Although I can still party like a rock star, it would appear I cannot recover like one" (A roseate spoonbill in flight at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

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I am just a parent, standing in front of my spouse, trying to say something I can no longer remember because our kids interrupted us 175 times."

(A green heron at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

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"When your spouse asks you a question but you prefer not to answer..." (A bowl of roseate spoonbills at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

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"Follow your heart, but take your brain with you..." (A cormorant at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

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"I'm not a morning person or a night person. There are a few minutes in the afternoon where I'm decent and that's about it"

(A wood stork in flight at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

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"Sometimes we can only find our true direction when we let the wind of change carry us."

(A great egret in flight at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, FL)

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"In life you are either the passenger or the pilot,...choose wisely" (Roseate spoonbills at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, FL)