It is the wet and warm season in Southwest Florida. Very wet and very warm on an afternoon walk at Six Mile Cypress Preserve last week.
The magic of water was much in evidence.
(And not a lot else. It was too wet and hot for most birds and most people.)
So for another kind of magic, in honor of the day this is being posted, from the archives here are pictures of some of Nature's Mothers:
Burrowing Owl Family, Cape Coral Florida
Wood Stork Family, Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Fort Lauderdale

Great Blue Heron feeding baby, Wakodahatchee
Eagle Pasture, North Fort Myers
And from "our very own" Eagle Nest down the street, the beautiful Harriet and two of her eaglets.
And finally: Florida sky, water, and birding magic, from our March trip to Ten Thousand Islands.
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