Three mottled ducks swim through shallow water, dabbling in the mud for food. The species is also commonly seen walking through cattle pastures and traveling along irrigation canals with ducklings in tow.

Summer mornings bring a mix of wading birds to this shallow canal, feeding together on small fish, insect larvae and the occasional young alligator.

The wood stork is a striking, large wading bird native to the subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas.

Deep in a forest, a strangler fig [Ficus aurea] envelopes a towering cypress tree. Although widely thought to be an invasive species, it is actually native to Florida, with fossils suggesting their presence millions of years ago, and botanist Thomas Nutall describing them in 1846.

The tri-colored heron, an early morning hunter, wades through shallow water in search of small fish and prawns hiding in the plentiful aquatic vegetation.