apple snails

Photographing Limpkins At Lake Seminole

By Mia McPherson|February 20th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Florida, Lake Seminole, Limpkins, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, apple snails, Aramus guarauna, call, distintive calls, foraging, lake, Limpkin, limpkins, snail, snails, Species of Special Concern, water, wetland, winter|

Eleven years ago today I was wandering and looking for birds to photograph at Lake Seminole Park in Florida and found a very cooperative Limpkin that was foraging for breakfast.

Limpkins

By Mia McPherson|March 24th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Lake Seminole, Limpkins, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, apple snails, Aramus guarauna, bird ID, call, curved bill, distinctive, Limpkin, limpkins, marshes, wetlands, wooded swamps|

Limpkins may not be as beautifully colored as a Roseate Spoonbill or as common as Sandhill Cranes in Florida but to me they are uniquely interesting and appealing birds.