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NATURE NICHE PHOTOS by Laure Wilson Neish

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Modified 4-Feb-25

Created 26-Mar-12

73 photos

Bush Key nesting colony, part of the Dry Tortugas National Park

50,000 - 70,000 Sooty Terns nest here on this sandbar

Sooty Tern, one of the nesting birds on Bush Key

old coaling docks next to Fort Jefferson

Brown Noddy, another nester on Bush Key

Sandwich Terns using old pilings to rest

juvenile Brown Pelican

Yankee Freedom catamaranning its way to Garden Key

first view of the fort from the ferry, note the "swarm" of birds above

the impressive Fort Jefferson with its moat!

Magnificent Frigatebird hovering over fort like a welcoming committee

all the non-birders ☺

sea fan washed up in the drift

excellent snorkelling

The inner courtyard of Fort Jefferson

the only water on Garden Key is offered to birds at the courtyard fountain

Northern Parula Warbler

Palm Warblers were everywhere

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Loggerhead Kingbird, 2nd record for North America! 2008

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