Rails - Patrick J. Blake Photography

An inlet in the southeastern corner of Serpentine Lake in the Christmas Mountains. Water flowing downhill from the nearby mountains empties into this small pond, which continues to flow into the much larger Serpentine Lake. Our research team would often see bald eagles and western osprey fishing the waters of Serpentine Lake.<br />
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Although this pond is very shallow, it is also very tranquil, with a small series of waterfalls just to the left, where the mountain streams empties into the pond. It takes little imagination to consider putting a cabin near the shore here.<br />
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Photo taken 19 June 2010.

Rails

Family Rallidae

Common Gallinule "North American" subspecies Gallinula galeata cachinnans Little Lake Jackson, Sebring, Florida 27 April 2018
Common Gallinule "North American" subspecies Gallinula galeata cachinnans Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida 1 March 2018
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida 22 January 2018

Sora Porzana carolina Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida 22 January 2018
Sora Porzana carolina Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida 22 January 2018
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Lake Parker, Lakeland, Florida 22 January 2018
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida 22 November 2017